Work & commute · Ridgefield

Work & commute in Ridgefield, IL

Most working residents leave Ridgefield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (17%), Chicago (10%) and Woodstock (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Ridgefield residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgefield.

105live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgefield goes to work

Crystal Lake3 mi away

17%18

Chicago45.9 mi away

10%11

Woodstock4.6 mi away

9%10

Elgin16.1 mi away

5%5

Lombard32.7 mi away

4%4

Huntley8.5 mi away

4%4

Itasca26.9 mi away

3%3

Lake Barrington10.7 mi away

2%2

Oak Lawn49.6 mi away

2%2

Elk Grove Village26.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%46

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

How far

How far Ridgefield commutes

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

41%

15%

38%

41%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgefield is a job hub

5.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgefield are

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

Jobs based in Ridgefield

586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Ridgefield residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−15%

Jobs based in Ridgefield, 2013 → 2023: 687 → 586. 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.