Work & commute · Waltham

Work & commute in Waltham, IL

Most working residents leave Waltham for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (9%), Peru (8%) and LaSalle (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Waltham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waltham.

228live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waltham goes to work

Ottawa9.6 mi away

9%21

Peru8.5 mi away

8%18

LaSalle7.6 mi away

8%18

North Utica4.2 mi away

3%8

Chicago73.6 mi away

3%7

Oglesby9.1 mi away

3%6

Peoria56 mi away

3%6

Spring Valley11.7 mi away

2%5

Streator21.5 mi away

2%5

Naperville48.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%131

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

How far

How far Waltham commutes

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

29%

16%

17%

38%

29%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waltham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waltham are

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

Jobs based in Waltham

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Waltham residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+26%

Jobs based in Waltham, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 217. 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.