Work & commute · Old Mill Creek

Work & commute in Old Mill Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Old Mill Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Waukegan (10%) and Gurnee (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Old Mill Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Mill Creek.

59live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Mill Creek goes to work

Chicago43.9 mi away

17%10

Waukegan7.2 mi away

10%6

Gurnee4.9 mi away

8%5

North Chicago10.2 mi away

5%3

Deerfield19.6 mi away

3%2

Wadsworth3.2 mi away

3%2

Glenview25.3 mi away

3%2

Crystal Lake22.7 mi away

3%2

Pleasant Prairie, WI8 mi away

3%2

Park City7.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%24

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

How far

How far Old Mill Creek commutes

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

34%

31%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Mill Creek is a job hub

6.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Mill Creek are

391 jobs are based in Old Mill Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Mill Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Mill Creek

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Old Mill Creek residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+51%

Jobs based in Old Mill Creek, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 391. 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.