Work & commute · Lincolnshire

Work & commute in Lincolnshire, IL

Most working residents leave Lincolnshire for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (20%), Libertyville (5%) and Northbrook (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 3,561 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,382 Lincolnshire residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 16,516 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincolnshire.

3,382live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

16,516work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincolnshire goes to work

Chicago27.6 mi away

20%722

Lincolnshire (in town)right here

5%179

Libertyville6.2 mi away

5%171

Northbrook6.3 mi away

3%123

Glenview9 mi away

3%101

Deerfield3.9 mi away

3%93

Buffalo Grove3.1 mi away

3%92

Lake Forest4.1 mi away

2%86

Schaumburg14.4 mi away

2%85

Vernon Hills3.4 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,831

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

How far

How far Lincolnshire commutes

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

44%

28%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincolnshire is a job hub

4.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincolnshire are

16,695 jobs are based in Lincolnshire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincolnshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincolnshire

16,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Lincolnshire residents hold

3,561 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 month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+38%

Jobs based in Lincolnshire, 2013 → 2023: 12,055 → 16,695. 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.