With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Ritchie works elsewhere
Ritchie has 7 jobs for 104 working residents. Hardly any work in Ritchie; the top destination outside it is Joliet (13%, 18 miles). 33% of workers work from home; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Ritchie, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Ritchie on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Commuting out of Ritchie: the destinations
Where Ritchie clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 71% of work in Ritchie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ritchie, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 7. 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 Ritchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ritchie: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ritchie workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 33% 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 far Ritchie’s workers travel
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.
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 Ritchie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ritchie?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ritchie?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ritchie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (13%, 18 mi), Chicago (5%, 46 mi), Wilmington (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ritchie without a car?
0% 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 Ritchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ritchie
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.