Work & commute · Ringwood

Work & commute in Ringwood, IL

Most working residents leave Ringwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are McHenry (9%), Johnsburg (7%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 398 Ringwood residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringwood.

398live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringwood goes to work

McHenry4.3 mi away

9%35

Johnsburg3.1 mi away

7%27

Chicago50.1 mi away

5%22

Crystal Lake11.4 mi away

4%17

Spring Grove4.9 mi away

3%12

Woodstock9 mi away

3%12

Elgin24.8 mi away

2%10

Wauconda12 mi away

2%9

Ringwood (in town)right here

2%8

Libertyville18.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%247

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

How far

How far Ringwood commutes

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

31%

32%

30%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringwood is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringwood are

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

Jobs based in Ringwood

656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ringwood residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in Ringwood, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 656. 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.