Work & commute · Gilberts

Work & commute in Gilberts, IL

Most working residents leave Gilberts for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Elgin (11%) and Schaumburg (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 5,128 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,049 Gilberts residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 1,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilberts.

5,049live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

1,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilberts goes to work

Chicago40 mi away

14%704

Elgin5.4 mi away

11%582

Schaumburg15.8 mi away

5%256

Elk Grove Village20.8 mi away

3%133

Carpentersville4.1 mi away

2%104

Hoffman Estates12.1 mi away

2%97

Arlington Heights20 mi away

2%91

Rockford36.9 mi away

2%85

Gilberts (in town)right here

2%79

Rolling Meadows17.9 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,921

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

How far

How far Gilberts commutes

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

23%

37%

35%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilberts is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilberts are

1,252 jobs are based in Gilberts. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gilberts’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gilberts

1,252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Gilberts residents hold

5,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+69%

Jobs based in Gilberts, 2013 → 2023: 739 → 1,252. 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.