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Work & commute · Wesley

Work & commute in Wesley, IL

Most working residents leave Wesley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (10%), Chicago (7%) and Wilmington (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
21 of 1,141 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 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 1,120 Wesley residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wesley.

1,120live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
108work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wesley goes to work

BraidwoodMinookaWilmingtonMorrisChannahonDowners GroveNew LenoxKankakeeAuroraChicagoJolietWesleyRockvilleCusterCuster ParkLakewood ShoresRest HavenJolietChicagoWilmingtonChannahonKankakeeMorrisMinookaNew LenoxAuroraDowners GroveWesley
1
Joliet18.6 mi away
10%109
2
Chicago44.7 mi away
7%80
3
Wilmington6.7 mi away
7%79
4
Channahon15.5 mi away
4%43
5
Kankakee14.8 mi away
4%43
6
Morris20.6 mi away
2%28
7
Minooka17.5 mi away
2%22
8
New Lenox18.2 mi away
2%21
9
Aurora37 mi away
2%21
10
Downers Grove37.3 mi away
2%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%675

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

How far

How far Wesley commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
36%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wesley is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wesley are

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

Jobs based in Wesley

129 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities39%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%
Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Wesley residents hold

1,141 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−16%

Jobs based in Wesley, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 129. 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.

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