Work & commute · Grayslake

Work & commute in Grayslake, IL

Most working residents leave Grayslake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Libertyville (5%) and Gurnee (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

774 of 10,031 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,257 Grayslake residents head out of town to work, 774 work right here, and 6,973 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayslake.

9,257live here, work elsewhere

774live and work here

6,973work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayslake goes to work

Chicago39.1 mi away

10%965

Grayslake (in town)right here

8%774

Libertyville5.2 mi away

5%458

Gurnee5.3 mi away

4%415

Waukegan8.5 mi away

4%366

Mundelein4.7 mi away

3%349

Vernon Hills8.2 mi away

3%334

Libertyville6 mi away

3%334

North Chicago9.1 mi away

2%238

Lake Forest11.6 mi away

2%205

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%5,593

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

How far

How far Grayslake commutes

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

40%

32%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayslake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayslake are

7,747 jobs are based in Grayslake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grayslake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grayslake

7,747 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Grayslake residents hold

10,031 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 month70%

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Jobs based in Grayslake, 2013 → 2023: 7,741 → 7,747. 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.