Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, IL

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Schaumburg (5%) and Carol Stream (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,699 of 35,068 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,369 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 1,699 work right here, and 13,910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

33,369live here, work elsewhere

1,699live and work here

13,910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Chicago27.7 mi away

15%5,145

Schaumburg8.5 mi away

5%1,616

Carol Stream4 mi away

4%1,449

Elgin9 mi away

4%1,287

Naperville13.6 mi away

3%1,007

Elk Grove Village11.7 mi away

3%962

Bartlett1.8 mi away

3%948

West Chicago3.4 mi away

3%895

Bloomingdale6 mi away

3%878

St. Charles5.7 mi away

2%873

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%20,008

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

40%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

15,609 jobs are based in Wayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayne

15,609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

35,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+34%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 11,682 → 15,609. 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.