Work & commute · Reed

Work & commute in Reed, IL

Most working residents leave Reed for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (11%), Chicago (9%) and Braidwood (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

217 of 3,438 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 3,221 Reed residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 1,328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reed.

3,221live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

1,328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reed goes to work

Joliet19.2 mi away

11%372

Chicago49.4 mi away

9%312

Braidwood1.8 mi away

5%173

Wilmington6 mi away

4%121

Channahon12.5 mi away

3%114

Morris14.2 mi away

3%111

Coal City3.9 mi away

2%82

New Lenox22.4 mi away

2%67

Aurora36.1 mi away

2%67

Kankakee20.9 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,956

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

How far

How far Reed commutes

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

16%

31%

34%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reed is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reed are

1,545 jobs are based in Reed. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reed’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reed

1,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Reed residents hold

3,438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+15%

Jobs based in Reed, 2013 → 2023: 1,347 → 1,545. 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.