Work & commute · Ritchie

Work & commute in Ritchie, IL

Most working residents leave Ritchie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (13%), Chicago (5%) and Wilmington (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Ritchie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ritchie.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ritchie goes to work

Joliet18.1 mi away

13%13

Chicago45.9 mi away

5%5

Wilmington5 mi away

4%4

Channahon13.8 mi away

3%3

New Lenox19.1 mi away

3%3

Bolingbrook29.7 mi away

3%3

Wauconda70.6 mi away

2%2

Manhattan13.4 mi away

2%2

Crest Hill22.1 mi away

2%2

Oak Lawn36.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%65

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

How far

How far Ritchie commutes

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

37%

44%

14%

6%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ritchie is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ritchie are

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

Jobs based in Ritchie

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Ritchie residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−83%

Jobs based in Ritchie, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 7. 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.