Work & commute · Channahon

Work & commute in Channahon, IL

Most working residents leave Channahon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (14%), Chicago (9%) and Channahon (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

388 of 5,725 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,337 Channahon residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 7,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Channahon.

5,337live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

7,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Channahon goes to work

Joliet6.9 mi away

14%780

Chicago38.7 mi away

9%505

Channahon3.9 mi away

6%357

Minooka5 mi away

5%304

Naperville22.7 mi away

3%168

Morris12.6 mi away

3%150

Bolingbrook18.8 mi away

3%146

Plainfield13.8 mi away

2%130

Aurora24.2 mi away

2%98

New Lenox12.8 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,004

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Channahon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

28%

35%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Channahon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Channahon are

7,830 jobs are based in Channahon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Channahon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Channahon

7,830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Channahon residents hold

5,725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+75%

Jobs based in Channahon, 2013 → 2023: 4,476 → 7,830. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.