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 (15%), Aurora (9%) and Naperville (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,564 of 20,131 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 18,567 Oswego residents head out of town to work, 1,564 work right here, and 9,410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oswego.

18,567live here, work elsewhere

1,564live and work here

9,410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oswego goes to work

Chicago35.4 mi away

15%2,921

Aurora6.1 mi away

9%1,821

Oswego (in town)right here

8%1,564

Naperville10.2 mi away

7%1,504

Bolingbrook12 mi away

2%396

Downers Grove18.1 mi away

2%384

Plainfield7.3 mi away

2%334

Joliet15.2 mi away

2%325

Montgomery2.9 mi away

2%306

Yorkville4.8 mi away

2%305

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%10,271

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.

29%

31%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oswego is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oswego are

10,974 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

10,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Oswego residents hold

20,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+25%

Jobs based in Oswego, 2013 → 2023: 8,781 → 10,974. 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.