Work & commute · Sandwich

Work & commute in Sandwich, IL

Most working residents leave Sandwich for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Sandwich (13%), Aurora (7%) and Plano (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

384 of 3,256 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,872 Sandwich residents head out of town to work, 384 work right here, and 1,744 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandwich.

2,872live here, work elsewhere

384live and work here

1,744work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandwich goes to work

Sandwich2 mi away

13%415

Aurora18.1 mi away

7%231

Plano4.6 mi away

6%189

Yorkville10.1 mi away

5%150

Chicago49.6 mi away

5%148

Montgomery13.8 mi away

3%88

Oswego14.6 mi away

2%68

DeKalb18.4 mi away

2%64

Naperville24.3 mi away

2%64

Batavia19.9 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,780

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

How far

How far Sandwich commutes

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

28%

30%

26%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandwich is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandwich are

2,128 jobs are based in Sandwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandwich

2,128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Sandwich residents hold

3,256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Sandwich, 2013 → 2023: 1,975 → 2,128. 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.