Work & commute · Golf

Work & commute in Golf, IL

Most working residents leave Golf for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (35%), Glenview (11%) and Northbrook (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 269 Golf residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golf.

269live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golf goes to work

Chicago16.1 mi away

35%93

Glenview2.8 mi away

11%29

Northbrook5.5 mi away

4%11

Evanston4.7 mi away

3%9

Skokie2.8 mi away

3%8

Des Plaines6.2 mi away

3%7

Highland Park8.7 mi away

2%6

Park Ridge4.4 mi away

2%5

Downers Grove21.9 mi away

2%5

Rosemont6.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%92

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

How far

How far Golf commutes

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

46%

49%

46%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golf is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golf are

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

Jobs based in Golf

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Golf residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+41%

Jobs based in Golf, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 162. 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.