Work & commute · Libertyville

Work & commute in Libertyville, IL

Most working residents leave Libertyville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (13%), Libertyville (5%) and Vernon Hills (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,237 of 9,991 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,754 Libertyville residents head out of town to work, 1,237 work right here, and 15,866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Libertyville.

8,754live here, work elsewhere

1,237live and work here

15,866work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Libertyville goes to work

Chicago34.1 mi away

13%1,348

Libertyville (in town)right here

12%1,237

Libertyville1.1 mi away

5%517

Vernon Hills3.5 mi away

4%360

Lake Forest6.5 mi away

3%299

Waukegan7.6 mi away

3%277

Mundelein2.7 mi away

3%272

North Chicago5.9 mi away

3%254

Lincolnshire6.6 mi away

2%247

Deerfield10.1 mi away

2%210

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,970

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

How far

How far Libertyville commutes

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

49%

26%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Libertyville is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Libertyville are

17,103 jobs are based in Libertyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Libertyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Libertyville

17,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Libertyville residents hold

9,991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−10%

Jobs based in Libertyville, 2013 → 2023: 19,012 → 17,103. 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.