Work & commute · Wauconda

Work & commute in Wauconda, IL

Most working residents leave Wauconda for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), Mundelein (3%) and Lake Zurich (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

469 of 6,950 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,481 Wauconda residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 5,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauconda.

6,481live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

5,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauconda goes to work

Chicago38.2 mi away

12%864

Wauconda (in town)right here

7%469

Mundelein6.1 mi away

3%237

Lake Zurich6.2 mi away

3%230

Vernon Hills9.4 mi away

3%197

Schaumburg17.4 mi away

3%181

Arlington Heights14.7 mi away

2%173

Libertyville8.6 mi away

2%166

Lincolnshire12.4 mi away

2%137

Waukegan14.9 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,175

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

How far

How far Wauconda commutes

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

31%

42%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauconda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wauconda are

5,556 jobs are based in Wauconda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wauconda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wauconda

5,556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wauconda residents hold

6,950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in Wauconda, 2013 → 2023: 5,021 → 5,556. 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.