Work & commute · Highwood

Work & commute in Highwood, IL

Most working residents leave Highwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Highland Park (12%) and Northbrook (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 1,946 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,838 Highwood residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highwood.

1,838live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highwood goes to work

Chicago26.3 mi away

22%436

Highland Park1.6 mi away

12%237

Highwood (in town)right here

6%108

Northbrook5.5 mi away

4%85

Lake Forest3 mi away

3%66

Deerfield3.4 mi away

3%61

Glenview8.4 mi away

2%44

Evanston12.6 mi away

2%42

Skokie12.3 mi away

2%38

Waukegan11.7 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%793

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

How far

How far Highwood commutes

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

45%

39%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highwood is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highwood are

1,021 jobs are based in Highwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highwood

1,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Highwood residents hold

1,946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+21%

Jobs based in Highwood, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 1,021. 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.