Work & commute · Elk Grove

Work & commute in Elk Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Elk Grove for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Elk Grove Village (7%) and Arlington Heights (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

6,017 of 43,053 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,036 Elk Grove residents head out of town to work, 6,017 work right here, and 80,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Grove.

37,036live here, work elsewhere

6,017live and work here

80,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Grove goes to work

Chicago20.1 mi away

18%7,753

Elk Grove Village1.9 mi away

7%3,001

Arlington Heights4.7 mi away

6%2,500

Schaumburg5.5 mi away

5%2,065

Des Plaines3.9 mi away

4%1,895

Mount Prospect3.1 mi away

4%1,789

Rolling Meadows4 mi away

2%960

Glenview8.6 mi away

2%728

Northbrook10 mi away

1%625

Palatine6.9 mi away

1%614

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%21,123

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

How far

How far Elk Grove commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Grove is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Grove are

86,825 jobs are based in Elk Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elk Grove

86,825 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Elk Grove residents hold

43,053 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+7%

Jobs based in Elk Grove, 2013 → 2023: 80,951 → 86,825. 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.