Kaneville has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. Kaneville has 10 jobs for 205 working residents. Hardly any work in Kaneville; the top destination outside it is Chicago (12%, 43 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kaneville: the gist
Kaneville is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Kaneville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kaneville has about 250 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kaneville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kaneville is Chicago, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (24) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Kaneville on a workday
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Kaneville on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Half of Kaneville commutes less than 20 miles
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.
Out of Kaneville to work: where people go
Where Kaneville clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Kaneville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaneville, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 10. 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 Kaneville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kaneville takes 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 Kaneville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 commuters (the 13% 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.
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 Kaneville: questions
What is the median household income in Kaneville?
$86,875 (±$36,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaneville?
3.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaneville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaneville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (12%, 43 mi), Aurora (6%, 13 mi), Geneva (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kaneville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaneville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaneville
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.