Work & commute · Lindenhurst

Work & commute in Lindenhurst, IL

Most working residents leave Lindenhurst for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Waukegan (5%) and Gurnee (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

214 of 7,153 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,939 Lindenhurst residents head out of town to work, 214 work right here, and 870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lindenhurst.

6,939live here, work elsewhere

214live and work here

870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lindenhurst goes to work

Chicago43.7 mi away

9%645

Waukegan8.6 mi away

5%364

Gurnee5.6 mi away

5%342

Libertyville10.1 mi away

4%285

Libertyville9.7 mi away

4%279

Lindenhurst (in town)right here

3%214

North Chicago11 mi away

3%188

Vernon Hills13.1 mi away

3%187

Grayslake5.3 mi away

3%187

Mundelein9.9 mi away

3%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,277

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

How far

How far Lindenhurst commutes

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

31%

38%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lindenhurst is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lindenhurst are

1,084 jobs are based in Lindenhurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lindenhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lindenhurst

1,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lindenhurst residents hold

7,153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in Lindenhurst, 2013 → 2023: 1,008 → 1,084. 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.