Work & commute · Gurnee

Work & commute in Gurnee, IL

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,457 of 14,284 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

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,827 Gurnee residents head out of town to work, 1,457 work right here, and 17,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gurnee.

12,827live here, work elsewhere

1,457live and work here

17,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gurnee goes to work

Gurnee (in town)right here

10%1,457

Chicago39 mi away

10%1,412

Waukegan3.4 mi away

8%1,109

Libertyville5.9 mi away

4%597

North Chicago5.4 mi away

4%529

Libertyville6.1 mi away

4%526

Lake Forest10.2 mi away

3%367

Vernon Hills9.4 mi away

2%319

Northbrook17.5 mi away

2%292

Mundelein7.8 mi away

2%279

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%7,397

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

How far

How far Gurnee commutes

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

42%

28%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gurnee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gurnee are

18,576 jobs are based in Gurnee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gurnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gurnee

18,576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gurnee residents hold

14,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+2%

Jobs based in Gurnee, 2013 → 2023: 18,227 → 18,576. 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.