Work & commute · Fox

Work & commute in Fox, IL

Most working residents leave Fox for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Aurora (9%) and Yorkville (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,008 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 995 Fox residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox.

995live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox goes to work

Chicago47.8 mi away

11%113

Aurora18.2 mi away

9%92

Yorkville8.2 mi away

7%66

Naperville22.9 mi away

5%47

Plainfield16.7 mi away

3%33

Joliet21.1 mi away

3%31

Oswego12.7 mi away

2%24

Kendall6 mi away

2%19

Downers Grove30.8 mi away

2%18

Montgomery13.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%550

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

How far

How far Fox commutes

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

14%

34%

37%

15%

14%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox are

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

Jobs based in Fox

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fox residents hold

1,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−23%

Jobs based in Fox, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 144. 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.