Work & commute · Somonauk

Work & commute in Somonauk, IL

Most working residents leave Somonauk for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sandwich (8%), Aurora (6%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 790 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 759 Somonauk residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somonauk.

759live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somonauk goes to work

Sandwich3.7 mi away

8%67

Aurora22.3 mi away

6%49

Chicago53.5 mi away

4%34

Somonauk (in town)right here

4%31

Yorkville13.5 mi away

4%31

Plano8.6 mi away

3%27

Rockford47.3 mi away

2%19

Montgomery17.8 mi away

2%18

Batavia24.4 mi away

2%16

Little Rock7.7 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%484

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

How far

How far Somonauk commutes

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

19%

30%

32%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somonauk is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somonauk are

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

Jobs based in Somonauk

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Somonauk residents hold

790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−28%

Jobs based in Somonauk, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 421. 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.