Work & commute · West Dundee

Work & commute in West Dundee, IL

Most working residents leave West Dundee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (13%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 3,644 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,575 West Dundee residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 2,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Dundee.

3,575live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

2,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Dundee goes to work

Elgin4.5 mi away

13%482

Chicago38.1 mi away

10%358

Schaumburg13.8 mi away

6%233

Carpentersville2.4 mi away

5%184

Elk Grove Village18.8 mi away

3%119

East Dundee4.4 mi away

2%88

Arlington Heights18 mi away

2%74

Hoffman Estates10.1 mi away

2%73

Crystal Lake8.9 mi away

2%70

West Dundee (in town)right here

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,894

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

How far

How far West Dundee commutes

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

33%

43%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Dundee is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Dundee are

2,636 jobs are based in West Dundee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Dundee

2,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs West Dundee residents hold

3,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−9%

Jobs based in West Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 2,890 → 2,636. 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.