Work & commute · Waddams

Work & commute in Waddams, IL

Most working residents leave Waddams for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (14%), Monroe (14%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 342 Waddams residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waddams.

342live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waddams goes to work

Freeport10.8 mi away

14%50

Monroe, WI14.2 mi away

14%47

Chicago113.4 mi away

5%17

Lena4.3 mi away

5%16

Rockford36.9 mi away

3%11

Orangeville6.4 mi away

3%9

Dakota10.7 mi away

2%8

Beloit, WI38.3 mi away

2%6

Lancaster11 mi away

2%6

Rolling Meadows91.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%172

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

How far

How far Waddams commutes

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

22%

38%

11%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waddams is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waddams are

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

Jobs based in Waddams

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Waddams residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+75%

Jobs based in Waddams, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 89. 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.