Work & commute · Squaw Grove

Work & commute in Squaw Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Squaw Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Aurora (9%), Hinckley (6%) and DeKalb (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,165 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,078 Squaw Grove residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Squaw Grove.

1,078live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Squaw Grove goes to work

Aurora19.3 mi away

9%101

Hinckley1.6 mi away

6%71

DeKalb12.5 mi away

5%59

Geneva19.3 mi away

4%48

Batavia19.3 mi away

3%39

St. Charles21.4 mi away

3%33

Chicago50.8 mi away

3%33

Sugar Grove11.4 mi away

3%32

Yorkville13.9 mi away

3%31

Rockford40.2 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%692

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

How far

How far Squaw Grove commutes

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

17%

48%

25%

11%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Squaw Grove is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Squaw Grove are

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

Jobs based in Squaw Grove

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Squaw Grove residents hold

1,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−9%

Jobs based in Squaw Grove, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 384. 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.