Work & commute · Wonder Lake

Work & commute in Wonder Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Wonder Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Woodstock (8%) and McHenry (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,912 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,904 Wonder Lake residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wonder Lake.

1,904live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wonder Lake goes to work

Chicago50.4 mi away

8%162

Woodstock6.3 mi away

8%160

McHenry3.9 mi away

8%160

Crystal Lake9.8 mi away

6%124

Elgin23.2 mi away

2%46

Schaumburg27.5 mi away

2%40

Johnsburg5.2 mi away

2%35

Wauconda12.8 mi away

2%29

Richmond6.5 mi away

1%25

Lake Zurich18.3 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,107

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

How far

How far Wonder Lake commutes

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

30%

29%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wonder Lake is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wonder Lake are

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

Jobs based in Wonder Lake

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wonder Lake residents hold

1,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Wonder Lake, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 130. 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.