Work & commute · Antioch

Work & commute in Antioch, IL

Most working residents leave Antioch for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Waukegan (4%) and Gurnee (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

667 of 7,078 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,411 Antioch residents head out of town to work, 667 work right here, and 3,553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Antioch.

6,411live here, work elsewhere

667live and work here

3,553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Antioch goes to work

Chicago48.4 mi away

10%679

Antioch (in town)right here

9%667

Waukegan12.5 mi away

4%292

Gurnee9.9 mi away

4%269

Libertyville14.3 mi away

3%201

Pleasant Prairie, WI9.7 mi away

3%186

Libertyville14.7 mi away

2%169

Grayslake9.6 mi away

2%165

Vernon Hills17.6 mi away

2%162

Kenosha, WI12.2 mi away

2%161

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,127

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%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Antioch is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Antioch are

4,220 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

4,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Antioch residents hold

7,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Antioch, 2013 → 2023: 4,106 → 4,220. 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.