With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Aroma Park works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Aroma Park; the top destination outside it is Kankakee (20%, 3 miles). There are 150 jobs in Aroma Park, and 327 of its residents work somewhere. For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Aroma Park
Aroma Park and Kankakee trade workers both ways
Kankakee is the top workplace for Aroma Park residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Aroma Park come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Aroma Park workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Aroma Park: the destinations
Where Aroma Park clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Aroma Park: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aroma Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Aroma Park
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Aroma Park on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 75% of Aroma Park’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aroma Park, 2014 → 2024: 106 → 150. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aroma Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Aroma Park
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aroma Park: questions
What is the median household income in Aroma Park?
$78,500 (±$17,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aroma Park?
12.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aroma Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aroma Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (20%, 3 mi), Bourbonnais (10%, 8 mi), Bradley (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Aroma Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aroma Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aroma Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.