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Work & commute · Farm Ridge

Work & commute in Farm Ridge, IL

Most working residents leave Farm Ridge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (18%), Peru (6%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
13 of 373 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
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 360 Farm Ridge residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farm Ridge.

360live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
155work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Farm Ridge goes to work

Grand RidgeTonicaOglesbyStreatorMarseillesPeruLaSalleOttawaChicagoPeoriaDeer ParkVermillionSouth OttawaBruceFarm RidgeFall RiverGrand RapidsOttawaPeruChicagoLaSalleGrand RidgeStreatorPeoriaMarseillesOglesbyDeer ParkFarm Ridge
1
Ottawa8.4 mi away
18%68
2
Peru16.4 mi away
6%23
3
Chicago73.8 mi away
4%16
4
LaSalle13.8 mi away
3%12
5
Grand Ridge1.8 mi away
3%11
6
Streator8 mi away
3%11
7
Peoria51.6 mi away
3%11
8
Marseilles11.3 mi away
2%9
9
Oglesby11.4 mi away
2%7
10
Deer Park7.4 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%198

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

How far

How far Farm Ridge commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Farm Ridge is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farm Ridge are

168 jobs are based in Farm Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farm Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farm Ridge

168 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Farm Ridge residents hold

373 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+115%

Jobs based in Farm Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 168. 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.

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