Work & commute · Elburn

Work & commute in Elburn, IL

Most working residents leave Elburn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), St. Charles (7%) and Geneva (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

177 of 3,564 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,387 Elburn residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 1,670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elburn.

3,387live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

1,670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elburn goes to work

Chicago40.1 mi away

11%401

St. Charles8.1 mi away

7%234

Geneva6.7 mi away

5%190

Aurora12.2 mi away

5%190

Elburn (in town)right here

5%177

Batavia8.2 mi away

3%122

Elgin12.6 mi away

3%105

Naperville18.1 mi away

3%105

West Chicago12.4 mi away

2%72

Schaumburg21.7 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,899

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

How far

How far Elburn commutes

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

27%

37%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elburn is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elburn are

1,847 jobs are based in Elburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elburn

1,847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Elburn residents hold

3,564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+34%

Jobs based in Elburn, 2013 → 2023: 1,377 → 1,847. 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.