Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Huntley works elsewhere
6,277 jobs are based in Huntley for 12,732 working residents. Jobs and income earn Huntley B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 6% work in Huntley; the top destination outside it is Chicago (13%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Huntley, in brief
The figures behind Huntley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huntley is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #306 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Huntley could be anywhere from B− to A.
How far Huntley goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Huntley
On a workday 11,937 residents head out to work, 795 work right here, and 5,482 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Huntley on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Huntley commutes to
Where Huntley clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
What Huntley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huntley, 2013 → 2023: 4,873 → 6,277. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Huntley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huntley workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,723 commuters (the 18% 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.
In Huntley, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huntley is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #497 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Huntley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,812 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Huntley households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Huntley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Huntley is 626th among 1,467 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Geneva IL | 21,138 | $144K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 624 | Orcutt CA | 31,454 | $111K | 8.0% | 3.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 625 | Eastmont WA | 23,721 | $139K | 6.4% | 7.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 626 | Huntley IL | 29,132 | $89K | 8.6% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 627 | Hurst TX | 38,974 | $72K | 10.6% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 628 | Ocean Township NJ | 28,088 | $109K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Huntley, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Huntley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huntley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntley | – | B+ | B | 30 min | $88,536 |
| Lake in the Hills | under 2% | A− | C+ | 32 min | $117,151 |
| Grafton Township | under 2% | A | B− | 31 min | $130,767 |
| Rutland Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $105,703 |
| Coral Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 31 min | $110,888 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Huntley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Huntley: questions
What is the median household income in Huntley?
$88,536 (±$11,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huntley?
8.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huntley?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huntley work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (13%, 45 mi), Elgin (7%, 10 mi), Schaumburg (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Huntley walkable?
Huntley is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huntley without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huntley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huntley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.