Work & commute · Wauponsee

Work & commute in Wauponsee, IL

Most working residents leave Wauponsee for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (17%), Chicago (9%) and Joliet (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,185 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 1,152 Wauponsee residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauponsee.

1,152live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

871work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauponsee goes to work

Morris4.1 mi away

17%196

Chicago52 mi away

9%102

Joliet19.5 mi away

6%73

Wauponsee (in town)right here

3%33

Coal City7.9 mi away

3%30

Minooka11.5 mi away

3%30

Downers Grove38.7 mi away

2%24

Channahon10.7 mi away

2%22

Wilmington13.4 mi away

2%19

Romeoville26.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%637

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

How far

How far Wauponsee commutes

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

27%

21%

31%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauponsee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wauponsee are

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

Jobs based in Wauponsee

904 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wauponsee residents hold

1,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+366%

Jobs based in Wauponsee, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 904. 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.