Work & commute · Dundee

Work & commute in Dundee, IL

Most working residents leave Dundee for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (12%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

4,135 of 29,426 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,291 Dundee residents head out of town to work, 4,135 work right here, and 28,363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dundee.

25,291live here, work elsewhere

4,135live and work here

28,363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dundee goes to work

Elgin5.1 mi away

12%3,407

Chicago36.9 mi away

10%2,908

Schaumburg12.5 mi away

6%1,791

Carpentersville0.9 mi away

6%1,631

Crystal Lake8.6 mi away

3%749

Elk Grove Village17.5 mi away

2%696

East Dundee2.9 mi away

2%666

Hoffman Estates8.6 mi away

2%629

Algonquin3.5 mi away

2%604

Arlington Heights16.4 mi away

2%545

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%15,800

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

How far

How far Dundee commutes

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

34%

40%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dundee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dundee are

32,498 jobs are based in Dundee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dundee

32,498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dundee residents hold

29,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 26,618 → 32,498. 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.