Work & commute · Godley

Work & commute in Godley, IL

Most working residents leave Godley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Joliet (11%) and Coal City (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 298 Godley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Godley.

298live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Godley goes to work

Chicago50.1 mi away

13%40

Joliet19.5 mi away

11%34

Coal City3.1 mi away

4%11

Morris13.3 mi away

3%10

Braidwood2 mi away

3%9

Wilmington6.7 mi away

3%8

New Lenox23.1 mi away

2%7

Bolingbrook31.3 mi away

2%7

Channahon12.4 mi away

2%6

Kankakee22 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%160

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

How far

How far Godley commutes

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

14%

28%

34%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Godley is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Godley are

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

Jobs based in Godley

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Godley residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−63%

Jobs based in Godley, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 171. 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.