Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0McCook has 47.4 jobs for every working resident: 4,837 people commute in to work
4,838 jobs are based in McCook; 102 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in McCook itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (23%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McCook by day and by night
On a workday 101 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 5,000 people are in McCook on a workday afternoon, 1973% more 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.
Where McCook’s workforce comes from
Where McCook clocks in
23% 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.
78% of the jobs in McCook pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCook, 2013 → 2023: 7,242 → 4,838. 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 McCook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in McCook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCook workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from McCook
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.
Work in the towns next to McCook
The biggest share goes to Hodgkins (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of McCook’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 McCook: questions
What is the median household income in McCook?
$62,375 (±$20,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCook?
7.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCook?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (23%, 8 mi), Hodgkins (7%, 2 mi), La Grange (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McCook without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCook, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCook
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.