Work & commute · Deer Park

Work & commute in Deer Park, IL

Most working residents leave Deer Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Lake Zurich (6%) and Arlington Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,733 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,708 Deer Park residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 2,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Park.

1,708live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

2,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Park goes to work

Chicago30.7 mi away

19%324

Lake Zurich2 mi away

6%98

Arlington Heights7.2 mi away

4%74

Schaumburg9.5 mi away

4%70

Palatine4.1 mi away

2%43

Elk Grove Village12.1 mi away

2%42

Des Plaines13.2 mi away

2%40

Mount Prospect10.4 mi away

2%38

Wheeling8.9 mi away

2%35

Buffalo Grove6.4 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%936

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

How far

How far Deer Park commutes

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

36%

37%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Park are

2,429 jobs are based in Deer Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deer Park

2,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Deer Park residents hold

1,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+11%

Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,193 → 2,429. 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.