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Work & commute in Holiday Hills · A commuter town

100% of Holiday Hills’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Holiday Hills for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (8%), Chicago (5%) and Wauconda (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 261 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
44 min
More than IL (28 min)
Work from home
15%
Less than IL (16%)
Jobs based here
18
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Holiday Hills?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

8% of working residents work in Crystal Lake

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Holiday HillsIsland LakeLincolnshire: 6 residents work here (2%)Wauconda: 13 residents work here (5%)Cary: 6 residents work here (2%)Vernon HillsSkokieLake in the HillsWoodstockArlington Heights: 10 residents work here (4%)McHenry: 11 residents work here (4%)Schaumburg: 7 residents work here (3%)Crystal Lake: 20 residents work here (8%)Elgin: 8 residents work here (3%)Chicago: 14 residents work here (5%)Nunda: 7 residents work here (3%)McHenryCrystal LakeChicagoWaucondaMcHenryArlington HeightsElginHoliday Hills
1
Crystal Lake6.9 mi away
8%20
2
Chicago42.2 mi away
5%14
3
Wauconda5 mi away
5%13
4
McHenry4.2 mi away
4%11
5
Arlington Heights18.7 mi away
4%10
6
Elgin18.4 mi away
3%8
7
Schaumburg19.9 mi away
3%7
8
Nunda2.4 mi away
3%7
9
Lincolnshire17.3 mi away
2%6
10
Cary5.8 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%159
The top trips

Where Holiday Hills clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 44 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
339 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Holiday Hills44 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

of Holiday Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Holiday Hills quiets down on a workday

On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.

261live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night630
Workday390
630live here− 260head out to work+ 18come in to work= 390on a workday

About 390 people are in Holiday Hills on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Holiday Hills commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miCrystal Lake: 8% · 6.9 miChicago: 5% · 42.2 miWauconda: 5% · 5 miMcHenry: 4% · 4.2 miArlington Heights: 4% · 18.7 miElgin: 3% · 18.4 miSchaumburg: 3% · 19.9 miNunda: 3% · 2.4 miLincolnshire: 2% · 17.3 miCary: 2% · 5.8 miCrystal Lake 8%Chicago 5%Wauconda 5%McHenry 4%Arlington Heights 4%Holiday Hills
Holiday HillsTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi87 residents
41%10–24 mi107 residents
20%25–50 mi51 residents
6%Over 50 mi16 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Holiday HillsJobs Holiday Hills residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities11%23%
Services: health, schools, offices89%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less39%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%30%
Over $3,333 a month50%61%

Who does it

29 or younger17%22%
30 to 5461%49%
55 and older22%29%
+38%

Jobs based in Holiday Hills, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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