Work & commute · Gages Lake

Work & commute in Gages Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Gages Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Gurnee (7%) and Libertyville (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 5,048 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,935 Gages Lake residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 1,216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gages Lake.

4,935live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

1,216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gages Lake goes to work

Chicago38.7 mi away

9%450

Gurnee2.6 mi away

7%373

Libertyville4.7 mi away

6%286

Waukegan5.8 mi away

5%259

Grayslake2.7 mi away

4%213

Libertyville5 mi away

3%159

Vernon Hills8.2 mi away

3%149

Mundelein5.7 mi away

3%146

North Chicago6.7 mi away

3%128

Lincolnshire11.2 mi away

2%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,761

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

How far

How far Gages Lake commutes

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

45%

28%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gages Lake is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gages Lake are

1,329 jobs are based in Gages Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gages Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gages Lake

1,329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Gages Lake residents hold

5,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−45%

Jobs based in Gages Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,432 → 1,329. 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.