Work & commute · Herscher

Work & commute in Herscher, IL

Most working residents leave Herscher for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (21%), Chicago (7%) and Bourbonnais (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 640 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 611 Herscher residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herscher.

611live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herscher goes to work

Kankakee12.9 mi away

21%132

Chicago58.5 mi away

7%45

Bourbonnais14.8 mi away

6%37

Bradley15.4 mi away

5%31

Herscher (in town)right here

5%29

Joliet32.4 mi away

2%14

Otto9.7 mi away

2%12

Chebanse10.4 mi away

2%11

Springfield119 mi away

2%10

Kankakee13.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%309

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

How far

How far Herscher commutes

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

46%

17%

28%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herscher is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herscher are

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

Jobs based in Herscher

393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Herscher residents hold

640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−25%

Jobs based in Herscher, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 393. 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.