Work & commute · Goose Lake

Work & commute in Goose Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Goose Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Morris (9%) and Coal City (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 832 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 805 Goose Lake residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 1,528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goose Lake.

805live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

1,528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goose Lake goes to work

Chicago45.4 mi away

10%81

Morris6.7 mi away

9%73

Coal City5.9 mi away

8%68

Joliet13 mi away

8%65

Channahon4.4 mi away

3%28

Goose Lake (in town)right here

3%27

Naperville27.5 mi away

2%18

Diamond6 mi away

2%15

Wilmington7.7 mi away

2%15

Aux Sable4.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%431

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

How far

How far Goose Lake commutes

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

32%

20%

32%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goose Lake is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goose Lake are

1,555 jobs are based in Goose Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goose Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goose Lake

1,555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Goose Lake residents hold

832 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+29%

Jobs based in Goose Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,555. 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.