Work & commute · Antioch

Work & commute in Antioch, IL

Most working residents leave Antioch for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Antioch (8%) and Waukegan (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,276 of 12,857 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,581 Antioch residents head out of town to work, 1,276 work right here, and 3,814 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Antioch.

11,581live here, work elsewhere

1,276live and work here

3,814work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Antioch goes to work

Chicago48.6 mi away

10%1,260

Antioch2.5 mi away

8%1,040

Waukegan14 mi away

4%517

Gurnee11.1 mi away

4%450

Libertyville14.5 mi away

3%352

Pleasant Prairie, WI12.2 mi away

2%304

Grayslake9.5 mi away

2%300

Kenosha, WI14.6 mi away

2%288

Libertyville15.1 mi away

2%283

North Chicago16.5 mi away

2%265

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%7,798

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Antioch commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

40%

31%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Antioch is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Antioch are

5,090 jobs are based in Antioch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Antioch

5,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Antioch residents hold

12,857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Antioch, 2013 → 2023: 4,889 → 5,090. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.