Work & commute · McCook

Work & commute in McCook, IL

Most working residents leave McCook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (23%), Hodgkins (7%) and La Grange (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 101 McCook residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCook.

101live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCook goes to work

Chicago8.5 mi away

23%23

Hodgkins2.5 mi away

7%7

La Grange1.8 mi away

4%4

Countryside2.4 mi away

4%4

Cicero5.3 mi away

4%4

Burr Ridge5.3 mi away

4%4

Forest Park5 mi away

2%2

Willowbrook5.6 mi away

2%2

Bridgeview4.4 mi away

2%2

Hinsdale4.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%48

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

How far

How far McCook commutes

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

50%

46%

50%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCook is a job hub

47.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

47.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McCook are

4,838 jobs are based in McCook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McCook

4,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs McCook residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−33%

Jobs based in McCook, 2013 → 2023: 7,242 → 4,838. 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.