Work & commute · Niles

Work & commute in Niles, IL

Most working residents leave Niles for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Skokie (4%) and Glenview (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,015 of 14,056 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,041 Niles residents head out of town to work, 1,015 work right here, and 20,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niles.

13,041live here, work elsewhere

1,015live and work here

20,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niles goes to work

Chicago14.7 mi away

30%4,247

Niles (in town)right here

7%1,015

Skokie3.6 mi away

4%517

Glenview4.1 mi away

3%458

Des Plaines4.7 mi away

3%385

Evanston6.1 mi away

3%380

Park Ridge2 mi away

3%378

Northbrook7.1 mi away

2%308

Elk Grove Village9.5 mi away

2%304

Morton Grove1.5 mi away

2%297

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%5,767

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.

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niles is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Niles are

21,370 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

21,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Niles residents hold

14,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Niles, 2013 → 2023: 20,139 → 21,370. 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.