Work & commute · Oswego

Work & commute in Oswego, IL

Most working residents leave Oswego for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Aurora (10%) and Naperville (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,678 of 32,398 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,720 Oswego residents head out of town to work, 2,678 work right here, and 11,022 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswego.

29,720live here, work elsewhere

2,678live and work here

11,022work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswego goes to work

Chicago34.5 mi away

14%4,580

Aurora6.2 mi away

10%3,156

Naperville9.5 mi away

8%2,488

Oswego1.2 mi away

7%2,257

Bolingbrook10.9 mi away

2%658

Downers Grove17.4 mi away

2%599

Joliet14.1 mi away

2%533

Plainfield6.1 mi away

2%523

Montgomery3.8 mi away

2%504

Batavia11.9 mi away

2%503

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%16,597

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

How far

How far Oswego commutes

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

30%

31%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswego is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswego are

13,700 jobs are based in Oswego. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oswego’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oswego

13,700 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Oswego residents hold

32,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Oswego, 2013 → 2023: 12,513 → 13,700. 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.