Work & commute · Round Lake Heights

Work & commute in Round Lake Heights, IL

Most working residents leave Round Lake Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Waukegan (5%) and Mundelein (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,146 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,140 Round Lake Heights residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Lake Heights.

1,140live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Lake Heights goes to work

Chicago43.6 mi away

9%104

Waukegan12 mi away

5%55

Mundelein9 mi away

4%45

Gurnee8.7 mi away

4%41

Vernon Hills12.8 mi away

3%36

Libertyville9.9 mi away

3%36

Grayslake4.8 mi away

3%33

Round Lake Beach1.3 mi away

2%25

Fox Lake5 mi away

2%21

Libertyville10.8 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%729

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

How far

How far Round Lake Heights commutes

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

26%

44%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Lake Heights is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Lake Heights are

267 jobs are based in Round Lake Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Round Lake Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Round Lake Heights

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Round Lake Heights residents hold

1,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+28%

Jobs based in Round Lake Heights, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 267. 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.