Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, IL

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Naperville (13%) and Aurora (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,337 of 42,023 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39,686 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 2,337 work right here, and 13,130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

39,686live here, work elsewhere

2,337live and work here

13,130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Chicago28.8 mi away

18%7,493

Naperville5.1 mi away

13%5,521

Aurora7.2 mi away

6%2,382

Bolingbrook5 mi away

4%1,489

Plainfield4.5 mi away

4%1,483

Downers Grove12.2 mi away

3%1,161

Lisle9.7 mi away

2%966

Joliet11.7 mi away

2%896

Oak Brook16.7 mi away

2%730

Oswego7 mi away

1%599

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%19,303

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

33%

32%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

15,467 jobs are based in Wheatland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheatland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wheatland

15,467 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

42,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+40%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 11,077 → 15,467. 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.