Work & commute · Mayfield

Work & commute in Mayfield, IL

Most working residents leave Mayfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sycamore (19%), DeKalb (12%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 435 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Mayfield residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayfield.

429live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayfield goes to work

Sycamore5.2 mi away

19%82

DeKalb6.6 mi away

12%54

Chicago57.3 mi away

5%21

Elgin23 mi away

4%17

Rockford22.2 mi away

4%17

DeKalb5.9 mi away

3%13

St. Charles24.7 mi away

3%11

Aurora30.5 mi away

2%9

Geneva24.7 mi away

1%6

Batavia26.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%199

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

How far

How far Mayfield commutes

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

38%

22%

25%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayfield is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mayfield are

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

Jobs based in Mayfield

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mayfield residents hold

435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+61%

Jobs based in Mayfield, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 171. 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.