Work & commute · Moraine

Work & commute in Moraine, IL

Most working residents leave Moraine for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (26%), Highland Park (10%) and Northbrook (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,545 of 13,242 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,697 Moraine residents head out of town to work, 1,545 work right here, and 11,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moraine.

11,697live here, work elsewhere

1,545live and work here

11,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moraine goes to work

Chicago24.9 mi away

26%3,389

Highland Park0.4 mi away

10%1,386

Northbrook4.2 mi away

6%735

Deerfield2.8 mi away

3%409

Lake Forest4.3 mi away

3%347

Glenview7.1 mi away

2%300

Evanston11.2 mi away

2%273

Skokie10.9 mi away

2%268

Libertyville9.8 mi away

2%234

Highwood1.4 mi away

2%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,690

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

How far

How far Moraine commutes

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

42%

44%

42%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moraine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moraine are

13,540 jobs are based in Moraine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moraine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moraine

13,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Moraine residents hold

13,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+8%

Jobs based in Moraine, 2013 → 2023: 12,501 → 13,540. 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.