Work & commute · Channel Lake

Work & commute in Channel Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Channel Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Antioch (7%) and Waukegan (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 683 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 673 Channel Lake residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Channel Lake.

673live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Channel Lake goes to work

Chicago50.5 mi away

10%66

Antioch4.1 mi away

7%48

Waukegan16.1 mi away

5%35

Gurnee13.3 mi away

3%23

Libertyville16.5 mi away

3%22

Kenosha, WI15.4 mi away

2%16

North Chicago18.6 mi away

2%14

Lincolnshire23 mi away

2%13

Northbrook29.2 mi away

2%13

Pleasant Prairie, WI13.5 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%420

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

How far

How far Channel Lake commutes

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

19%

40%

34%

19%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Channel Lake is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Channel Lake are

65 jobs are based in Channel Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Channel Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Channel Lake

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Channel Lake residents hold

683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+38%

Jobs based in Channel Lake, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 65. 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.

Work & commute in Channel Lake, IL

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Channel Lake goes to work

How far Channel Lake commutes

Channel Lake is a commuter town

What the jobs in Channel Lake are

Jobs based in Channel Lake

Jobs Channel Lake residents hold

How to read this page

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