Work & commute · Northlake

Work & commute in Northlake, IL

Most working residents leave Northlake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Franklin Park (4%) and Elk Grove Village (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

285 of 5,927 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,642 Northlake residents head out of town to work, 285 work right here, and 8,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northlake.

5,642live here, work elsewhere

285live and work here

8,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northlake goes to work

Chicago12.5 mi away

22%1,296

Northlake (in town)right here

5%285

Franklin Park2 mi away

4%257

Elk Grove Village7.7 mi away

4%219

Melrose Park2.3 mi away

4%212

Elmhurst2.3 mi away

3%172

Bensenville3.6 mi away

3%153

Addison5.4 mi away

2%129

Schaumburg12.1 mi away

2%122

Des Plaines8.3 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,968

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

How far

How far Northlake commutes

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

56%

38%

56%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northlake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northlake are

8,389 jobs are based in Northlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northlake

8,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Northlake residents hold

5,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+11%

Jobs based in Northlake, 2013 → 2023: 7,526 → 8,389. 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.