Work & commute · Spring Grove

Work & commute in Spring Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Spring Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Richmond (4%) and McHenry (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 3,001 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,837 Spring Grove residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 1,855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Grove.

2,837live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

1,855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Grove goes to work

Chicago51.1 mi away

11%326

Spring Grove (in town)right here

5%164

Richmond3.6 mi away

4%106

McHenry8.3 mi away

3%89

Waukegan19.7 mi away

2%66

Schaumburg30.2 mi away

2%57

Gurnee16.4 mi away

2%55

Libertyville18.1 mi away

2%51

Crystal Lake15.8 mi away

2%51

Libertyville19 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,989

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

How far

How far Spring Grove commutes

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

20%

30%

34%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Grove is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

2,019 jobs are based in Spring Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spring Grove

2,019 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

3,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−4%

Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,096 → 2,019. 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.