Work & commute · Nunda

Work & commute in Nunda, IL

Most working residents leave Nunda for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (10%), Chicago (9%) and McHenry (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,801 of 18,039 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,238 Nunda residents head out of town to work, 1,801 work right here, and 13,776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nunda.

16,238live here, work elsewhere

1,801live and work here

13,776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nunda goes to work

Crystal Lake4.7 mi away

10%1,848

Chicago43.3 mi away

9%1,584

McHenry3.6 mi away

7%1,174

Cary5.1 mi away

3%461

Woodstock8.4 mi away

2%444

Elgin17.2 mi away

2%400

Schaumburg20.2 mi away

2%392

Wauconda7.1 mi away

2%375

Lake Zurich11.5 mi away

2%350

Nunda (in town)right here

2%302

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%10,709

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

How far

How far Nunda commutes

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

35%

33%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nunda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nunda are

15,577 jobs are based in Nunda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nunda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nunda

15,577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Nunda residents hold

18,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Nunda, 2013 → 2023: 16,002 → 15,577. 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.