Work & commute · Lake Barrington

Work & commute in Lake Barrington, IL

Most working residents leave Lake Barrington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Schaumburg (5%) and Barrington (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,087 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,051 Lake Barrington residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 2,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Barrington.

2,051live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

2,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Barrington goes to work

Chicago35.8 mi away

15%319

Schaumburg13.3 mi away

5%96

Barrington4.6 mi away

4%92

Arlington Heights12.4 mi away

3%57

Lake Zurich4.4 mi away

3%54

Hoffman Estates10.1 mi away

2%44

Palatine9.1 mi away

2%42

Crystal Lake8.6 mi away

2%40

Wauconda4.9 mi away

2%39

Rolling Meadows11.9 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,266

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

How far

How far Lake Barrington commutes

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

27%

43%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Barrington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Barrington are

2,153 jobs are based in Lake Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Barrington

2,153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lake Barrington residents hold

2,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+23%

Jobs based in Lake Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 1,756 → 2,153. 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.