Work & commute · Wadsworth

Work & commute in Wadsworth, IL

Most working residents leave Wadsworth for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Waukegan (11%), Chicago (9%) and Gurnee (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,658 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,610 Wadsworth residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wadsworth.

1,610live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wadsworth goes to work

Waukegan6.3 mi away

11%180

Chicago44.1 mi away

9%155

Gurnee5.6 mi away

7%118

Libertyville11.6 mi away

3%53

Zion3.8 mi away

3%50

Pleasant Prairie, WI5.6 mi away

3%50

Wadsworth (in town)right here

3%48

Lake Forest15.3 mi away

3%43

Kenosha, WI9.7 mi away

3%42

North Chicago9.9 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%879

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

How far

How far Wadsworth commutes

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

38%

26%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wadsworth 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 Wadsworth are

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

Jobs based in Wadsworth

836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wadsworth residents hold

1,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+8%

Jobs based in Wadsworth, 2013 → 2023: 771 → 836. 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.