Work & commute · North Barrington

Work & commute in North Barrington, IL

Most working residents leave North Barrington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Lake Zurich (5%) and Schaumburg (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
16 of 1,420 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,404 North Barrington residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Barrington.

1,404live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
826work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Barrington goes to work

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1
Chicago34.2 mi away
17%243
2
Lake Zurich2.4 mi away
5%67
3
Schaumburg12.5 mi away
3%46
4
Barrington3.8 mi away
3%44
5
Arlington Heights10.7 mi away
3%36
6
Des Plaines16.7 mi away
2%30
7
Elk Grove Village15.6 mi away
2%26
8
Rolling Meadows10.6 mi away
2%24
9
Glenview17.6 mi away
2%24
10
Hoffman Estates9.9 mi away
2%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%856

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

How far

How far North Barrington commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Barrington is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Barrington are

842 jobs are based in North Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Barrington

842 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)96%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Barrington residents hold

1,420 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month73%
−55%

Jobs based in North Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 1,879 → 842. 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.

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