Work & commute · Serena

Work & commute in Serena, IL

Most working residents leave Serena for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (8%), Aurora (8%) and Pontiac (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 37 Serena residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Serena.

37live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Serena goes to work

Ottawa10.3 mi away

8%3

Aurora29.7 mi away

8%3

Pontiac41.6 mi away

5%2

Bristol20.6 mi away

5%2

Naplate13.2 mi away

3%1

Sheridan3.9 mi away

3%1

Forest Park54.1 mi away

3%1

Maywood53.2 mi away

3%1

Flora195.4 mi away

3%1

Lincolnshire64.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%22

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

How far

How far Serena commutes

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

29%

26%

37%

8%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Serena is a job hub

3.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Serena are

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

Jobs based in Serena

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Serena residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Serena, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 142. 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.