Work & commute · Deerfield

Work & commute in Deerfield, IL

Most working residents leave Deerfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Northbrook (6%) and Highland Park (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

572 of 7,833 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,261 Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 17,377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield.

7,261live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

17,377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerfield goes to work

Chicago24.3 mi away

27%2,098

Deerfield (in town)right here

7%572

Northbrook2.7 mi away

6%493

Highland Park2.4 mi away

4%316

Glenview5.7 mi away

3%198

Evanston11.6 mi away

3%196

Skokie10.7 mi away

2%171

Lake Forest4.8 mi away

2%147

Bannockburn2 mi away

2%144

Libertyville9.4 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,356

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

How far

How far Deerfield commutes

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

43%

45%

43%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield is a job hub

2.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerfield are

17,949 jobs are based in Deerfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deerfield

17,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Deerfield residents hold

7,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−22%

Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 22,955 → 17,949. 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.