Work & commute · Hoffman Estates

Work & commute in Hoffman Estates, IL

Most working residents leave Hoffman Estates for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Schaumburg (10%) and Elk Grove Village (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,145 of 24,445 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,300 Hoffman Estates residents head out of town to work, 1,145 work right here, and 16,531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoffman Estates.

23,300live here, work elsewhere

1,145live and work here

16,531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoffman Estates goes to work

Chicago28.4 mi away

16%3,873

Schaumburg4 mi away

10%2,515

Hoffman Estates (in town)right here

5%1,145

Elk Grove Village8.8 mi away

4%966

Elgin9.5 mi away

3%831

Arlington Heights8.7 mi away

3%726

Palatine6.3 mi away

3%664

Rolling Meadows6.2 mi away

2%560

Des Plaines12.7 mi away

2%469

Naperville21.8 mi away

1%343

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%12,353

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

How far

How far Hoffman Estates commutes

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

39%

42%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoffman Estates is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoffman Estates are

17,676 jobs are based in Hoffman Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoffman Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hoffman Estates

17,676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hoffman Estates residents hold

24,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−30%

Jobs based in Hoffman Estates, 2013 → 2023: 25,315 → 17,676. 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.