Work & commute · Johnsburg

Work & commute in Johnsburg, IL

Most working residents leave Johnsburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are McHenry (10%), Chicago (9%) and Crystal Lake (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 3,016 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,876 Johnsburg residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 1,844 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnsburg.

2,876live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

1,844work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnsburg goes to work

McHenry4 mi away

10%301

Chicago47.5 mi away

9%279

Johnsburg (in town)right here

5%140

Crystal Lake11.3 mi away

3%102

Spring Grove4.7 mi away

2%66

Woodstock10.9 mi away

2%60

Schaumburg25.9 mi away

2%58

Wauconda9.3 mi away

2%55

Libertyville15.9 mi away

2%51

Lake Zurich15.4 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,855

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

How far

How far Johnsburg commutes

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

29%

34%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnsburg is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnsburg are

1,984 jobs are based in Johnsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnsburg

1,984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Johnsburg residents hold

3,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+26%

Jobs based in Johnsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,578 → 1,984. 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.