Work & commute · Mundelein

Work & commute in Mundelein, IL

Most working residents leave Mundelein for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Libertyville (5%) and Vernon Hills (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,292 of 14,533 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

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,241 Mundelein residents head out of town to work, 1,292 work right here, and 14,059 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mundelein.

13,241live here, work elsewhere

1,292live and work here

14,059work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mundelein goes to work

Chicago34.6 mi away

14%2,007

Mundelein (in town)right here

9%1,292

Libertyville2.7 mi away

5%713

Vernon Hills3.9 mi away

5%697

Lincolnshire7.3 mi away

3%430

Schaumburg17.3 mi away

2%340

Waukegan10 mi away

2%313

Northbrook13.6 mi away

2%312

Wheeling11.2 mi away

2%291

Libertyville3.7 mi away

2%265

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%7,873

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

How far

How far Mundelein commutes

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

43%

30%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mundelein is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mundelein are

15,351 jobs are based in Mundelein. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mundelein’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mundelein

15,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Mundelein residents hold

14,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+38%

Jobs based in Mundelein, 2013 → 2023: 11,100 → 15,351. 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.