Work & commute · Woodstock

Work & commute in Woodstock, IL

Most working residents leave Woodstock for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Crystal Lake (7%) and McHenry (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,926 of 12,333 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 10,407 Woodstock residents head out of town to work, 1,926 work right here, and 7,039 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodstock.

10,407live here, work elsewhere

1,926live and work here

7,039work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodstock goes to work

Woodstock (in town)right here

16%1,926

Chicago50.5 mi away

9%1,078

Crystal Lake7.4 mi away

7%912

McHenry7.6 mi away

5%635

Elgin19.5 mi away

2%290

Huntley10.3 mi away

2%258

Schaumburg26.4 mi away

2%246

Harvard12.6 mi away

1%178

Cary11.6 mi away

1%167

Rockford32.3 mi away

1%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%6,504

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

How far

How far Woodstock commutes

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

33%

23%

32%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodstock is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodstock are

8,965 jobs are based in Woodstock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodstock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodstock

8,965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Woodstock residents hold

12,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−20%

Jobs based in Woodstock, 2013 → 2023: 11,186 → 8,965. 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.