Work & commute · Yorkville

Work & commute in Yorkville, IL

Most working residents leave Yorkville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (12%), Aurora (9%) and Naperville (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,032 of 12,696 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,664 Yorkville residents head out of town to work, 1,032 work right here, and 5,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yorkville.

11,664live here, work elsewhere

1,032live and work here

5,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yorkville goes to work

Chicago40.2 mi away

12%1,501

Aurora10 mi away

9%1,144

Yorkville (in town)right here

8%1,032

Naperville15 mi away

6%750

Oswego4.8 mi away

3%395

Downers Grove22.9 mi away

2%242

Joliet17.6 mi away

2%238

Montgomery5.3 mi away

2%192

Plainfield10.8 mi away

1%186

Bolingbrook16.7 mi away

1%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%6,836

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

How far

How far Yorkville commutes

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

21%

34%

39%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yorkville is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yorkville are

6,160 jobs are based in Yorkville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yorkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yorkville

6,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Yorkville residents hold

12,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Yorkville, 2013 → 2023: 4,982 → 6,160. 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.