Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY-SA 3.0Yorkville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
There are 6,510 jobs in Yorkville, against 12,954 working residents. The two grades for Yorkville are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Yorkville is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Yorkville, in a few figures
Yorkville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Yorkville is Chicago, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (1,499) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Yorkville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Yorkville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Yorkville is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #134 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yorkville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The distance from Yorkville to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Yorkville, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yorkville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,858 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.
Yorkville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 11,819 residents head out to work, 1,135 work right here, and 5,375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Yorkville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Yorkville clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Yorkville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yorkville, 2014 → 2024: 5,060 → 6,510. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yorkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Yorkville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yorkville is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #447 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Yorkville 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 12,424 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Yorkville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Yorkville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Yorkville is 286th among 1,477 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000
| # | 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 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 284 | Hanover Township IN | 21,195 | $103K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 10% | A |
| 285 | Mundelein IL | 32,680 | $108K | 8.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| 286 | Yorkville IL | 26,730 | $109K | 3.3% | 3.6% | 9% | A |
| 287 | Somers NY | 21,374 | $170K | 4.2% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| 288 | Avon IN | 25,350 | $98K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Yorkville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Yorkville
The biggest share goes to Oswego (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yorkville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkville | – | A | B | 34 min | $108,513 |
| Oswego | 3% | A+ | B | 32 min | $123,792 |
| Kendall Township | under 2% | A | C | 31 min | $121,740 |
| Plano | under 2% | B | B− | 28 min | $86,271 |
| Fox Township | under 2% | A | C | 29 min | $116,250 |
| Bristol Township | under 2% | A | B | 34 min | $109,481 |
| Montgomery | 1% | A− | C+ | 33 min | $103,734 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yorkville’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 2024, 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 Yorkville: questions
What is the median household income in Yorkville?
$108,513 (±$3,178) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yorkville?
3.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yorkville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yorkville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (12%, 40 mi), Aurora (9%, 10 mi), Naperville (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Yorkville walkable?
Yorkville is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yorkville without a car?
1% 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 Yorkville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yorkville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.