Work & commute · Volo

Work & commute in Volo, IL

Most working residents leave Volo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Wauconda (5%) and Lake Zurich (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 3,175 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,151 Volo residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Volo.

3,151live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Volo goes to work

Chicago41.9 mi away

11%350

Wauconda3.9 mi away

5%155

Lake Zurich10.1 mi away

3%104

Mundelein8.3 mi away

3%103

Libertyville10.3 mi away

3%90

Waukegan14.9 mi away

3%83

Vernon Hills12.1 mi away

3%80

Schaumburg21.2 mi away

2%76

Lincolnshire15.4 mi away

2%63

Gurnee11.7 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,010

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

How far

How far Volo commutes

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

27%

44%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Volo is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Volo are

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

Jobs based in Volo

900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Volo residents hold

3,175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+50%

Jobs based in Volo, 2013 → 2023: 601 → 900. 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.