Work & commute · Mettawa

Work & commute in Mettawa, IL

Most working residents leave Mettawa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Libertyville (6%) and Lake Forest (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 217 Mettawa residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 4,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mettawa.

217live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

4,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mettawa goes to work

Chicago30.6 mi away

22%48

Libertyville3.7 mi away

6%14

Lake Forest3.3 mi away

5%11

Libertyville3.1 mi away

4%8

Deerfield6.4 mi away

3%7

Mundelein5.3 mi away

3%7

Northbrook9.1 mi away

3%6

Highland Park7.1 mi away

2%5

Oakbrook Terrace27 mi away

2%4

Bannockburn4.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%105

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

How far

How far Mettawa commutes

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

39%

25%

31%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mettawa is a job hub

22.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mettawa are

4,834 jobs are based in Mettawa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mettawa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mettawa

4,834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Mettawa residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+22%

Jobs based in Mettawa, 2013 → 2023: 3,962 → 4,834. 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.