Work & commute · Knollwood

Work & commute in Knollwood, IL

Most working residents leave Knollwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Lake Bluff (7%) and Lake Forest (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 934 Knollwood residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knollwood.

934live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knollwood goes to work

Chicago32.5 mi away

18%174

Lake Bluff1.4 mi away

7%69

Lake Forest3.6 mi away

5%52

Libertyville3.4 mi away

5%49

North Chicago2.4 mi away

4%39

Libertyville4.5 mi away

4%35

Northbrook11 mi away

3%28

Highland Park7.9 mi away

3%27

Waukegan5.9 mi away

2%23

Deerfield8.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%429

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

How far

How far Knollwood commutes

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

48%

23%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knollwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knollwood are

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

Jobs based in Knollwood

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Knollwood residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+27%

Jobs based in Knollwood, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 849. 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.