Work & commute · Lake Villa

Work & commute in Lake Villa, IL

Most working residents leave Lake Villa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Gurnee (4%) and Waukegan (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 4,046 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,907 Lake Villa residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 2,677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Villa.

3,907live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

2,677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Villa goes to work

Chicago45 mi away

10%400

Gurnee8.1 mi away

4%175

Waukegan11.3 mi away

4%162

Libertyville10.9 mi away

4%157

Grayslake5.9 mi away

4%151

Lake Villa (in town)right here

3%139

Libertyville11.6 mi away

3%112

Mundelein10.5 mi away

3%103

Antioch4.2 mi away

2%97

Vernon Hills14.1 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%2,462

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

How far

How far Lake Villa commutes

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

26%

41%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Villa is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Villa are

2,816 jobs are based in Lake Villa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Villa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Villa

2,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lake Villa residents hold

4,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−1%

Jobs based in Lake Villa, 2013 → 2023: 2,832 → 2,816. 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.