Work & commute · Niles

Work & commute in Niles, IL

Most working residents leave Niles for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (36%), Skokie (8%) and Evanston (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

7,384 of 52,058 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44,674 Niles residents head out of town to work, 7,384 work right here, and 66,927 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niles.

44,674live here, work elsewhere

7,384live and work here

66,927work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niles goes to work

Chicago14 mi away

36%18,995

Skokie1 mi away

8%4,295

Evanston3.4 mi away

6%3,193

Niles2.7 mi away

3%1,386

Glenview5.1 mi away

2%1,265

Morton Grove1.8 mi away

2%1,125

Northbrook7.8 mi away

2%1,028

Lincolnwood2.2 mi away

2%993

Schaumburg16.8 mi away

2%862

Des Plaines7.4 mi away

2%826

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%18,090

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

How far

How far Niles commutes

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

49%

43%

49%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niles is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niles are

74,311 jobs are based in Niles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niles

74,311 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Niles residents hold

52,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+22%

Jobs based in Niles, 2013 → 2023: 61,047 → 74,311. 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.