Work & commute · Will

Work & commute in Will, IL

Most working residents leave Will for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Peotone (6%) and University Park (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 966 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 945 Will residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Will.

945live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Will goes to work

Chicago34 mi away

9%91

Peotone3.3 mi away

6%54

University Park7 mi away

4%35

Kankakee18.2 mi away

3%28

Joliet24.3 mi away

3%27

Monee4.9 mi away

2%23

New Lenox16.5 mi away

2%23

Bradley13.9 mi away

2%20

Tinley Park15.7 mi away

2%18

Frankfort13 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%630

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

How far

How far Will commutes

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

19%

41%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Will is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Will are

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

Jobs based in Will

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Will residents hold

966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+4%

Jobs based in Will, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 175. 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.