Work & commute · Morton Grove

Work & commute in Morton Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Morton Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Skokie (6%) and Evanston (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

616 of 12,274 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 11,658 Morton Grove residents head out of town to work, 616 work right here, and 9,880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton Grove.

11,658live here, work elsewhere

616live and work here

9,880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton Grove goes to work

Chicago15.2 mi away

33%4,024

Skokie2.6 mi away

6%701

Morton Grove (in town)right here

5%616

Evanston4.9 mi away

4%550

Niles1.5 mi away

3%422

Glenview3.6 mi away

3%386

Northbrook6.4 mi away

2%255

Schaumburg15.2 mi away

2%241

Des Plaines5.8 mi away

2%232

Lincolnwood3.8 mi away

1%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,675

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

How far

How far Morton Grove commutes

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

48%

46%

48%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton Grove are

10,496 jobs are based in Morton Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morton Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morton Grove

10,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Morton Grove residents hold

12,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+32%

Jobs based in Morton Grove, 2013 → 2023: 7,972 → 10,496. 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.