Work & commute · Huntley

Work & commute in Huntley, IL

Most working residents leave Huntley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Elgin (7%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

795 of 12,732 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,937 Huntley residents head out of town to work, 795 work right here, and 5,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntley.

11,937live here, work elsewhere

795live and work here

5,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntley goes to work

Chicago44.6 mi away

13%1,601

Elgin10.1 mi away

7%883

Huntley (in town)right here

6%795

Schaumburg20.2 mi away

4%550

Crystal Lake7.2 mi away

4%460

Woodstock10.3 mi away

2%272

Elk Grove Village25.2 mi away

2%229

Algonquin5.8 mi away

2%210

Carpentersville7.7 mi away

2%206

McHenry14.2 mi away

2%205

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%7,321

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

How far

How far Huntley commutes

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

24%

30%

39%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntley is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntley are

6,277 jobs are based in Huntley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntley

6,277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Huntley residents hold

12,732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+29%

Jobs based in Huntley, 2013 → 2023: 4,873 → 6,277. 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.