Work & commute · New Trier

Work & commute in New Trier, IL

Most working residents leave New Trier for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (43%), Evanston (5%) and Wilmette (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,394 of 24,628 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,234 New Trier residents head out of town to work, 2,394 work right here, and 14,207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Trier.

22,234live here, work elsewhere

2,394live and work here

14,207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Trier goes to work

Chicago18.5 mi away

43%10,700

Evanston4.6 mi away

5%1,349

Wilmette1.9 mi away

4%1,035

Winnetka0.4 mi away

3%788

Skokie4.5 mi away

2%590

Northbrook5 mi away

2%590

Glenview4.4 mi away

2%539

Highland Park6.5 mi away

1%335

Schaumburg18.1 mi away

1%323

Northfield1.7 mi away

1%298

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%8,081

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

How far

How far New Trier commutes

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

33%

58%

33%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Trier is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Trier are

16,601 jobs are based in New Trier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Trier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Trier

16,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs New Trier residents hold

24,628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+1%

Jobs based in New Trier, 2013 → 2023: 16,454 → 16,601. 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.