Work & commute · Mount Prospect

Work & commute in Mount Prospect, IL

Most working residents leave Mount Prospect for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Arlington Heights (6%) and Des Plaines (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,765 of 25,965 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,200 Mount Prospect residents head out of town to work, 1,765 work right here, and 17,045 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Prospect.

24,200live here, work elsewhere

1,765live and work here

17,045work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Prospect goes to work

Chicago20.4 mi away

18%4,616

Mount Prospect (in town)right here

7%1,765

Arlington Heights3.2 mi away

6%1,516

Des Plaines2.8 mi away

4%1,098

Schaumburg8 mi away

4%962

Elk Grove Village5 mi away

3%897

Glenview5.8 mi away

3%693

Wheeling4.5 mi away

2%528

Northbrook6.9 mi away

2%515

Skokie10.3 mi away

2%457

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%12,918

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

How far

How far Mount Prospect commutes

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

52%

40%

52%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Prospect is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Prospect are

18,810 jobs are based in Mount Prospect. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Prospect’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Prospect

18,810 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Mount Prospect residents hold

25,965 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−14%

Jobs based in Mount Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 21,803 → 18,810. 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.