Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, IL

Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Richmond (4%) and McHenry (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 3,545 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 3,279 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 2,971 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

3,279live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

2,971work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

Chicago53 mi away

10%343

Richmond0.9 mi away

4%144

McHenry8.2 mi away

4%144

Spring Grove2.9 mi away

4%143

Waukegan22.5 mi away

3%95

Crystal Lake15.5 mi away

2%64

Gurnee19.2 mi away

2%62

Libertyville20.5 mi away

2%61

Woodstock12.3 mi away

2%61

Schaumburg31.4 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%2,379

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

19%

32%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

3,237 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

3,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

3,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 3,424 → 3,237. 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.