Work & commute · Coral

Work & commute in Coral, IL

Most working residents leave Coral for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), Huntley (5%) and Elgin (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,562 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,517 Coral residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 2,348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coral.

1,517live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

2,348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coral goes to work

Chicago50.2 mi away

12%184

Huntley5.6 mi away

5%77

Elgin15.2 mi away

4%66

Crystal Lake10.6 mi away

4%65

Schaumburg25.8 mi away

4%64

Woodstock9.4 mi away

3%40

Rockford27.4 mi away

2%36

Marengo4.8 mi away

2%35

Union2.5 mi away

2%24

Elk Grove Village30.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%948

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

How far

How far Coral commutes

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

17%

25%

45%

13%

17%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coral is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coral are

2,393 jobs are based in Coral. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coral’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coral

2,393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Coral residents hold

1,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Coral, 2013 → 2023: 2,024 → 2,393. 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.