Work & commute · Lakewood

Work & commute in Lakewood, IL

Most working residents leave Lakewood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crystal Lake (13%), Chicago (11%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,064 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,040 Lakewood residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakewood.

2,040live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakewood goes to work

Crystal Lake2.7 mi away

13%266

Chicago44.9 mi away

11%232

Schaumburg20.6 mi away

4%85

Elgin13.2 mi away

4%75

Woodstock6.4 mi away

2%51

McHenry9.1 mi away

2%49

Algonquin5.6 mi away

2%47

Huntley5.1 mi away

2%46

Cary7 mi away

2%37

Elk Grove Village25.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,142

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

How far

How far Lakewood commutes

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

31%

29%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakewood is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakewood are

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

Jobs based in Lakewood

403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lakewood residents hold

2,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+14%

Jobs based in Lakewood, 2013 → 2023: 355 → 403. 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.