Work & commute · East Dundee

Work & commute in East Dundee, IL

Most working residents leave East Dundee for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (12%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,617 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,540 East Dundee residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 4,143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Dundee.

1,540live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

4,143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Dundee goes to work

Elgin5.7 mi away

12%201

Chicago34.1 mi away

10%158

Schaumburg9.6 mi away

6%95

East Dundee (in town)right here

5%77

Carpentersville2.9 mi away

5%77

Hoffman Estates5.8 mi away

2%40

Arlington Heights13.6 mi away

2%38

Crystal Lake10.4 mi away

2%34

Rolling Meadows11.5 mi away

2%33

Elk Grove Village14.6 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%834

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

How far

How far East Dundee commutes

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

36%

41%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Dundee is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Dundee are

4,220 jobs are based in East Dundee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Dundee

4,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs East Dundee residents hold

1,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+45%

Jobs based in East Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 2,920 → 4,220. 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.