Work & commute · Long Lake

Work & commute in Long Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Long Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Waukegan (5%) and Gurnee (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,616 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,603 Long Lake residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Lake.

1,603live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Lake goes to work

Chicago43.4 mi away

9%142

Waukegan13.1 mi away

5%77

Gurnee9.7 mi away

4%63

Mundelein8.9 mi away

4%58

Grayslake5.3 mi away

3%53

Libertyville10.2 mi away

3%52

Fox Lake4.8 mi away

3%44

Round Lake Beach2.5 mi away

3%42

Vernon Hills12.8 mi away

2%38

Lincolnshire16.2 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,017

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

How far

How far Long Lake commutes

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

30%

41%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Lake 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 Long Lake are

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

Jobs based in Long Lake

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Long Lake residents hold

1,616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+129%

Jobs based in Long Lake, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 243. 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.