Work & commute · Northfield

Work & commute in Northfield, IL

Most working residents leave Northfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Northbrook (8%) and Glenview (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

6,464 of 39,414 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,950 Northfield residents head out of town to work, 6,464 work right here, and 66,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield.

32,950live here, work elsewhere

6,464live and work here

66,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield goes to work

Chicago20.3 mi away

28%11,050

Northbrook1.4 mi away

8%3,097

Glenview1.7 mi away

7%2,907

Evanston8.4 mi away

3%1,360

Skokie7 mi away

3%1,119

Schaumburg14 mi away

2%756

Deerfield4.1 mi away

2%749

Des Plaines6.2 mi away

2%655

Niles5.7 mi away

2%623

Highland Park5.2 mi away

2%621

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%16,477

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

How far

How far Northfield commutes

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

46%

45%

46%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield are

73,221 jobs are based in Northfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northfield

73,221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Northfield residents hold

39,414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−8%

Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 79,809 → 73,221. 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.