Work & commute · Mazon

Work & commute in Mazon, IL

Most working residents leave Mazon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (12%), Chicago (9%) and Joliet (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 443 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 426 Mazon residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mazon.

426live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mazon goes to work

Morris9.6 mi away

12%55

Chicago56.1 mi away

9%40

Mazon (in town)right here

4%17

Joliet23.8 mi away

3%15

Channahon15 mi away

3%14

Naperville37.6 mi away

3%12

Coal City8 mi away

2%11

Minooka16.3 mi away

2%11

Dwight9.8 mi away

2%8

Wauponsee5.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%252

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

How far

How far Mazon commutes

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

26%

21%

27%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mazon is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mazon are

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

Jobs based in Mazon

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mazon residents hold

443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−41%

Jobs based in Mazon, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 189. 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.