Work & commute · Sammons Point

Work & commute in Sammons Point, IL

Most working residents leave Sammons Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (14%), Chicago (14%) and Bourbonnais (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 95 Sammons Point residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sammons Point.

95live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sammons Point goes to work

Kankakee4.8 mi away

14%13

Chicago56.3 mi away

14%13

Bourbonnais10.4 mi away

8%8

Bradley9.1 mi away

7%7

Herscher12.7 mi away

6%6

Otto3 mi away

4%4

Wilmington25.3 mi away

3%3

Schaumburg69.8 mi away

2%2

Joliet36.7 mi away

2%2

Ashkum11.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%36

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

How far

How far Sammons Point commutes

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

39%

24%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sammons Point is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sammons Point are

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

Jobs based in Sammons Point

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sammons Point residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+400%

Jobs based in Sammons Point, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 10. 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.