Work & commute · Lily Lake

Work & commute in Lily Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Lily Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), St. Charles (9%) and Elgin (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 515 Lily Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lily Lake.

515live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lily Lake goes to work

Chicago41.3 mi away

14%72

St. Charles8.7 mi away

9%44

Elgin9.4 mi away

6%29

Naperville21.5 mi away

5%24

Aurora16.3 mi away

4%20

Schaumburg20.5 mi away

3%17

Geneva9 mi away

3%16

Elburn5 mi away

2%8

Addison23.9 mi away

1%7

Batavia11.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%271

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

How far

How far Lily Lake commutes

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

18%

43%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lily Lake is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lily Lake are

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

Jobs based in Lily Lake

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Lily Lake residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Lily Lake, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 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.