Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, IL

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (20%), Chicago (9%) and Joliet (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

253 of 3,141 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,888 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 3,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

2,888live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

3,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Morris2.6 mi away

20%616

Chicago47.7 mi away

9%294

Joliet15.6 mi away

6%195

Minooka7.7 mi away

4%111

Wauponsee6.7 mi away

3%97

Naperville26.5 mi away

2%69

Channahon8.1 mi away

2%63

Ottawa21.4 mi away

2%55

Aurora24.8 mi away

2%54

Plainfield17.1 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,537

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

29%

25%

27%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

3,599 jobs are based in Saratoga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saratoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saratoga

3,599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

3,141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+40%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 2,568 → 3,599. 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.