Work & commute · Trout Valley

Work & commute in Trout Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Trout Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Cary (9%) and Crystal Lake (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 244 Trout Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trout Valley.

244live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trout Valley goes to work

Chicago38.2 mi away

10%25

Cary1.2 mi away

9%22

Crystal Lake5 mi away

6%14

Elgin11.5 mi away

5%13

Barrington7 mi away

3%8

Schaumburg14.4 mi away

3%8

Palatine11.9 mi away

2%5

McHenry9.9 mi away

2%5

Lake Barrington4.3 mi away

2%4

South Elgin14.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%136

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

How far

How far Trout Valley commutes

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

36%

35%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trout Valley is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trout Valley are

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

Jobs based in Trout Valley

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Trout Valley residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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Jobs based in Trout Valley, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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.