Work & commute · Felix

Work & commute in Felix, IL

Most working residents leave Felix for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Coal City (9%) and Joliet (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 2,161 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,108 Felix residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Felix.

2,108live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Felix goes to work

Chicago47.5 mi away

10%215

Coal City2.2 mi away

9%186

Joliet15.7 mi away

8%167

Morris8.9 mi away

7%161

Channahon7.7 mi away

3%64

Goose Lake3.7 mi away

2%53

Wilmington6.2 mi away

2%44

Naperville30.8 mi away

1%30

Diamond2.4 mi away

1%29

Aurora31.2 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,184

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

How far

How far Felix commutes

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

27%

23%

30%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Felix is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Felix are

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

Jobs based in Felix

341 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Felix residents hold

2,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−16%

Jobs based in Felix, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 341. 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.