Work & commute · Fox River Grove

Work & commute in Fox River Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Fox River Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Schaumburg (4%) and Barrington (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,203 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,147 Fox River Grove residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox River Grove.

2,147live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox River Grove goes to work

Chicago36.8 mi away

13%284

Schaumburg13.3 mi away

4%87

Barrington5.4 mi away

4%80

Crystal Lake6.6 mi away

3%73

Cary2.2 mi away

3%64

Elgin12.2 mi away

3%60

Fox River Grove (in town)right here

3%56

Arlington Heights13.7 mi away

2%55

Lake Zurich6.6 mi away

2%47

Palatine10.3 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,352

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

How far

How far Fox River Grove commutes

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

29%

40%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox River Grove is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox River Grove are

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

Jobs based in Fox River Grove

819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fox River Grove residents hold

2,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Fox River Grove, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 819. 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.