Work & commute · Riverwoods

Work & commute in Riverwoods, IL

Most working residents leave Riverwoods for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (23%), Deerfield (5%) and Northbrook (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,697 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,659 Riverwoods residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 7,962 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverwoods.

1,659live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

7,962work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverwoods goes to work

Chicago25.6 mi away

23%389

Deerfield2.2 mi away

5%90

Northbrook4.3 mi away

5%84

Lincolnshire2 mi away

4%64

Buffalo Grove3.5 mi away

3%52

Glenview7 mi away

3%51

Schaumburg13.9 mi away

3%44

Riverwoods (in town)right here

2%38

Vernon Hills5.4 mi away

2%37

Highland Park4.4 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%811

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

How far

How far Riverwoods commutes

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

47%

40%

47%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverwoods is a job hub

4.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverwoods are

8,000 jobs are based in Riverwoods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverwoods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverwoods

8,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Riverwoods residents hold

1,697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+44%

Jobs based in Riverwoods, 2013 → 2023: 5,540 → 8,000. 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.