Work & commute · Geneva

Work & commute in Geneva, IL

Most working residents leave Geneva for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), St. Charles (7%) and Batavia (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,288 of 10,215 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,927 Geneva residents head out of town to work, 1,288 work right here, and 15,306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneva.

8,927live here, work elsewhere

1,288live and work here

15,306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneva goes to work

Geneva (in town)right here

13%1,288

Chicago33.3 mi away

12%1,253

St. Charles2.8 mi away

7%695

Batavia2.6 mi away

5%540

Naperville12.6 mi away

4%427

Aurora8.5 mi away

4%412

Elgin10.8 mi away

3%289

Schaumburg16.2 mi away

2%241

West Chicago5.7 mi away

2%230

Wheaton11.6 mi away

2%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,681

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

How far

How far Geneva commutes

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

39%

35%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneva is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneva are

16,594 jobs are based in Geneva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Geneva

16,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Geneva residents hold

10,215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+24%

Jobs based in Geneva, 2013 → 2023: 13,376 → 16,594. 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.