Work & commute · Plano

Work & commute in Plano, IL

Most working residents leave Plano for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Aurora (9%) and Yorkville (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

462 of 6,461 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 5,999 Plano residents head out of town to work, 462 work right here, and 2,409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plano.

5,999live here, work elsewhere

462live and work here

2,409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plano goes to work

Chicago45 mi away

10%671

Aurora13.7 mi away

9%574

Plano (in town)right here

7%462

Yorkville5.6 mi away

5%302

Naperville19.7 mi away

4%273

Sandwich4.9 mi away

2%145

Oswego10 mi away

2%134

Montgomery9.2 mi away

2%133

Little Rock0.9 mi away

2%123

Joliet22.9 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,532

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

How far

How far Plano commutes

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

21%

33%

40%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plano is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plano are

2,871 jobs are based in Plano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plano

2,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Plano residents hold

6,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Plano, 2013 → 2023: 2,528 → 2,871. 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.