Work & commute · Dunham

Work & commute in Dunham, IL

Most working residents leave Dunham for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Harvard (9%) and Woodstock (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 1,267 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,208 Dunham residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 1,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunham.

1,208live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

1,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunham goes to work

Chicago61.6 mi away

10%126

Harvard4.4 mi away

9%116

Woodstock11.7 mi away

8%107

Crystal Lake18.7 mi away

4%55

McHenry18.4 mi away

4%47

Rockford22.4 mi away

3%39

Hartland6 mi away

2%28

Elgin28.2 mi away

2%26

Huntley18.1 mi away

2%21

Schaumburg37.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%683

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

How far

How far Dunham commutes

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

16%

34%

27%

23%

16%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunham are

1,108 jobs are based in Dunham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunham

1,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dunham residents hold

1,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Dunham, 2013 → 2023: 911 → 1,108. 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.