Work & commute · Inverness

Work & commute in Inverness, IL

Most working residents leave Inverness for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Schaumburg (8%) and Palatine (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 3,487 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,424 Inverness residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inverness.

3,424live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,897work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inverness goes to work

Chicago28.7 mi away

18%632

Schaumburg6 mi away

8%266

Palatine2.9 mi away

6%193

Arlington Heights6.2 mi away

4%136

Rolling Meadows4.8 mi away

3%96

Hoffman Estates4.2 mi away

3%93

Elk Grove Village9.4 mi away

2%85

Barrington2.9 mi away

2%74

Elgin12.7 mi away

2%65

Inverness (in town)right here

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,784

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

How far

How far Inverness commutes

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

38%

40%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inverness is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inverness are

1,960 jobs are based in Inverness. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Inverness’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Inverness

1,960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Inverness residents hold

3,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−7%

Jobs based in Inverness, 2013 → 2023: 2,109 → 1,960. 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.