Work & commute · Park

Work & commute in Park, IL

Most working residents leave Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waukegan (12%), Chicago (10%) and Gurnee (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 2,897 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,878 Park residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 1,379 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park.

2,878live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

1,379work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park goes to work

Waukegan1.5 mi away

12%350

Chicago37.2 mi away

10%292

Gurnee2.5 mi away

6%187

Libertyville6.1 mi away

3%101

North Chicago3.1 mi away

3%84

Mundelein8.4 mi away

3%79

Libertyville5.5 mi away

3%74

Vernon Hills9 mi away

2%68

Northbrook15.8 mi away

2%54

Highland Park12.5 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,554

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

How far

How far Park commutes

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

41%

28%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park are

1,398 jobs are based in Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park

1,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Park residents hold

2,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+57%

Jobs based in Park, 2013 → 2023: 888 → 1,398. 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.