Work & commute · Plato

Work & commute in Plato, IL

Most working residents leave Plato for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Elgin (12%) and Schaumburg (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 6,287 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,106 Plato residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plato.

6,106live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plato goes to work

Chicago40.6 mi away

15%918

Elgin5.6 mi away

12%742

Schaumburg17.9 mi away

5%306

St. Charles9.6 mi away

3%190

Elk Grove Village22.7 mi away

2%128

Naperville23.6 mi away

2%117

Plato (in town)right here

2%110

Hoffman Estates15 mi away

2%101

Aurora19.5 mi away

2%97

Geneva11.2 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,486

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

How far

How far Plato commutes

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

23%

37%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plato is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plato are

1,043 jobs are based in Plato. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plato’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plato

1,043 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Plato residents hold

6,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+36%

Jobs based in Plato, 2013 → 2023: 767 → 1,043. 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.