Work & commute · Harvard

Work & commute in Harvard, IL

Most working residents leave Harvard for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Woodstock (6%) and McHenry (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

581 of 4,183 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,602 Harvard residents head out of town to work, 581 work right here, and 2,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvard.

3,602live here, work elsewhere

581live and work here

2,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvard goes to work

Harvard (in town)right here

14%581

Chicago63.1 mi away

8%344

Woodstock12.6 mi away

6%260

McHenry18 mi away

3%135

Crystal Lake20 mi away

3%134

Rockford25.5 mi away

3%127

Walworth, WI7.1 mi away

3%109

Elgin30.9 mi away

2%73

Schaumburg39 mi away

1%56

Lake Geneva, WI14.5 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,312

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

How far

How far Harvard commutes

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

21%

32%

24%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvard is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvard are

2,980 jobs are based in Harvard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harvard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harvard

2,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Harvard residents hold

4,183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+4%

Jobs based in Harvard, 2013 → 2023: 2,864 → 2,980. 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.