Work & commute · Hinckley

Work & commute in Hinckley, IL

Most working residents leave Hinckley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Aurora (8%), DeKalb (5%) and Geneva (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 874 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 823 Hinckley residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinckley.

823live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hinckley goes to work

Aurora18.1 mi away

8%72

Hinckley (in town)right here

6%51

DeKalb12.2 mi away

5%46

Geneva17.7 mi away

4%39

Chicago49.4 mi away

3%28

St. Charles19.8 mi away

3%26

Yorkville13.3 mi away

3%26

Batavia17.8 mi away

3%25

Sugar Grove10 mi away

3%24

Rockford40.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%519

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

How far

How far Hinckley commutes

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

16%

48%

25%

10%

16%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hinckley is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinckley are

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

Jobs based in Hinckley

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hinckley residents hold

874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Hinckley, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 328. 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.