Work & commute · Lincolnwood

Work & commute in Lincolnwood, IL

Most working residents leave Lincolnwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (45%), Skokie (5%) and Evanston (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

338 of 5,901 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,563 Lincolnwood residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 10,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincolnwood.

5,563live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

10,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincolnwood goes to work

Chicago11.9 mi away

45%2,670

Lincolnwood (in town)right here

6%338

Skokie2.1 mi away

5%307

Evanston3.5 mi away

3%199

Niles4.2 mi away

2%99

Schaumburg18.1 mi away

2%94

Northbrook10 mi away

2%90

Glenview7.3 mi away

1%76

Des Plaines8.9 mi away

1%72

Morton Grove3.8 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,887

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

How far

How far Lincolnwood commutes

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

56%

36%

56%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincolnwood is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincolnwood are

10,936 jobs are based in Lincolnwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincolnwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincolnwood

10,936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lincolnwood residents hold

5,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Lincolnwood, 2013 → 2023: 9,231 → 10,936. 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.