Work & commute · Buffalo Grove

Work & commute in Buffalo Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Buffalo Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Arlington Heights (3%) and Northbrook (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,127 of 20,179 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,052 Buffalo Grove residents head out of town to work, 1,127 work right here, and 13,491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo Grove.

19,052live here, work elsewhere

1,127live and work here

13,491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo Grove goes to work

Chicago26.8 mi away

17%3,505

Buffalo Grove (in town)right here

6%1,127

Arlington Heights4.8 mi away

3%697

Northbrook7 mi away

3%690

Schaumburg11.4 mi away

3%677

Lincolnshire3.1 mi away

3%656

Wheeling3.4 mi away

3%628

Glenview8.9 mi away

3%560

Deerfield5.6 mi away

2%479

Riverwoods3.5 mi away

2%419

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%10,741

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

How far

How far Buffalo Grove commutes

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

47%

33%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo Grove is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo Grove are

14,618 jobs are based in Buffalo Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buffalo Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buffalo Grove

14,618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Buffalo Grove residents hold

20,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−7%

Jobs based in Buffalo Grove, 2013 → 2023: 15,742 → 14,618. 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.