Work & commute · Marengo

Work & commute in Marengo, IL

Most working residents leave Marengo for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Elgin (5%) and Crystal Lake (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

354 of 3,824 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,470 Marengo residents head out of town to work, 354 work right here, and 1,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marengo.

3,470live here, work elsewhere

354live and work here

1,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marengo goes to work

Marengo (in town)right here

9%354

Chicago54.7 mi away

8%321

Elgin20 mi away

5%176

Crystal Lake13.5 mi away

3%133

Woodstock9.4 mi away

3%131

Rockford23.8 mi away

3%130

Huntley10.2 mi away

3%111

Riley4.5 mi away

2%93

Schaumburg30.3 mi away

2%89

Union2.9 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,199

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

How far

How far Marengo commutes

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

18%

31%

34%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marengo is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marengo are

2,099 jobs are based in Marengo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marengo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marengo

2,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Marengo residents hold

3,824 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−2%

Jobs based in Marengo, 2013 → 2023: 2,150 → 2,099. 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.