Work & commute · Sublette

Work & commute in Sublette, IL

Most working residents leave Sublette for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mendota (7%), Chicago (6%) and Aurora (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

44 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 156 Sublette residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sublette.

156live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sublette goes to work

Mendota8.9 mi away

7%11

Chicago80.7 mi away

6%10

Aurora49.1 mi away

5%8

DeKalb31.7 mi away

4%6

Sandwich31.5 mi away

3%5

Shabbona19.8 mi away

3%4

Ottawa29 mi away

3%4

Rockford43.4 mi away

3%4

Sublette1.6 mi away

3%4

Sublette (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%100

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

How far

How far Sublette commutes

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

16%

19%

25%

40%

16%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sublette is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sublette are

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

Jobs based in Sublette

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sublette residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+38%

Jobs based in Sublette, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 80. 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.