Work & commute · Barrington

Work & commute in Barrington, IL

Most working residents leave Barrington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Schaumburg (6%) and Hoffman Estates (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

267 of 4,610 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,343 Barrington residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 7,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barrington.

4,343live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

7,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barrington goes to work

Chicago31.5 mi away

17%773

Barrington (in town)right here

6%267

Schaumburg8.8 mi away

6%258

Hoffman Estates6.1 mi away

4%176

Arlington Heights8.4 mi away

4%166

Palatine4.9 mi away

3%129

Elk Grove Village12.3 mi away

3%127

Rolling Meadows7.5 mi away

2%98

Lake Zurich3.7 mi away

2%84

Elgin12.8 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,449

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

How far

How far Barrington commutes

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

34%

41%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barrington is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barrington are

7,333 jobs are based in Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barrington

7,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Barrington residents hold

4,610 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−21%

Jobs based in Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 9,338 → 7,333. 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.