Households in Volo have higher incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Volo for work; outside it, Chicago is the main destination (11%, 42 miles). 2.1% of residents are in poverty, against 11.8% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Volo A+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Volo at work: what stands out
Volo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Volo is Chicago, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (350) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Volo has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Volo went from 601 in 2013 to 900 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
Volo is a place people come home to
There are 900 jobs based in Volo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Volo has about 4,500 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Volo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Volo is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #25 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($160,792, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Volo could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many miles Volo commutes
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.
69% of the jobs in Volo pay over $3,333 a month
900 jobs are based in Volo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volo, 2013 → 2023: 601 → 900. 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 Volo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Volo on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,151 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 876 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Volo on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Volo’s working residents head each day
Where Volo clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from Volo takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volo workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,881 commuters (the 20% 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.
Volo is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Volo is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #537 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Volo 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 3,608 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 0.6% of Volo households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Volo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Volo next to U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200: 88th of 3,168 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 13 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Merton WI | 8,319 | $119K | 2.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 87 | Waikele HI | 7,528 | $121K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 88 | Volo IL | 6,805 | $161K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 89 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 90 | Cumberland ME | 8,876 | $174K | 3.1% | 0.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Volo, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Volo: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Volo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volo | – | A+ | B− | 32 min | $160,792 |
| Lakemoor | under 2% | A | C+ | 36 min | $100,414 |
| Fox Lake | under 2% | B− | A− | 34 min | $70,819 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 34 min | $96,383 |
| Wauconda Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
| Round Lake | under 2% | B+ | B | 31 min | $111,977 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Volo’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 Volo: questions
What is the median household income in Volo?
$160,792 (±$14,553) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volo?
2.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volo?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (11%, 42 mi), Wauconda (5%, 4 mi), Lake Zurich (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Volo walkable?
Volo is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Volo without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volo
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.