Work & commute · Long Grove

Work & commute in Long Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Long Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Schaumburg (4%) and Buffalo Grove (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 3,917 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,878 Long Grove residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 2,239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Grove.

3,878live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

2,239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Grove goes to work

Chicago29.9 mi away

18%712

Schaumburg12.1 mi away

4%154

Buffalo Grove3.2 mi away

3%135

Vernon Hills3.7 mi away

3%132

Lincolnshire4.8 mi away

3%128

Arlington Heights6.9 mi away

3%114

Northbrook10.1 mi away

3%98

Libertyville7 mi away

2%96

Glenview12.1 mi away

2%90

Deerfield8.4 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,175

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

How far

How far Long Grove commutes

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

42%

31%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Grove is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Grove are

2,278 jobs are based in Long Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Grove

2,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Long Grove residents hold

3,917 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+90%

Jobs based in Long Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,200 → 2,278. 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.