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Work & commute · Prairie Grove

Work & commute in Prairie Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Prairie Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (10%), McHenry (8%) and Chicago (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
6 of 895 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 889 Prairie Grove residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Grove.

889live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
466work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Prairie Grove goes to work

Oakwood HillsPrairie GroveCaryLake ZurichHarvardLake in the HillsPalatineWoodstockAlgonquinMcHenrySchaumburgCrystal LakeElginChicagoNundaCrystal LakeMcHenryChicagoCaryWoodstockElginNundaLake ZurichPalatineSchaumburgPrairie Grove
1
Crystal Lake4.3 mi away
10%89
2
McHenry4.5 mi away
8%69
3
Chicago42.6 mi away
7%65
4
Cary4.3 mi away
3%26
5
Woodstock8.8 mi away
3%26
6
Elgin16.5 mi away
2%21
7
Nunda0.8 mi away
2%18
8
Lake Zurich10.9 mi away
2%17
9
Palatine15.9 mi away
2%17
10
Schaumburg19.4 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%530

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

How far

How far Prairie Grove commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Grove is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Grove are

472 jobs are based in Prairie Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prairie Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prairie Grove

472 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Prairie Grove residents hold

895 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−55%

Jobs based in Prairie Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,053 → 472. 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.

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