Work & commute · Sandwich

Work & commute in Sandwich, IL

Most working residents leave Sandwich for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Aurora (7%), Plano (6%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

399 of 3,161 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 2,762 Sandwich residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 1,993 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandwich.

2,762live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

1,993work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandwich goes to work

Sandwich (in town)right here

13%399

Aurora18.7 mi away

7%224

Plano4.9 mi away

6%193

Chicago49.9 mi away

5%154

Yorkville9.9 mi away

5%153

Montgomery14.1 mi away

3%84

Naperville24.6 mi away

2%66

Oswego14.6 mi away

2%65

DeKalb20.3 mi away

2%58

Little Rock4.1 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,708

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%

27%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandwich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandwich are

2,392 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

2,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Sandwich residents hold

3,161 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 month59%

+7%

Jobs based in Sandwich, 2013 → 2023: 2,230 → 2,392. 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.