Work & commute · Round Lake

Work & commute in Round Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Round Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Mundelein (4%) and Libertyville (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

202 of 8,303 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,101 Round Lake residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 2,410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Lake.

8,101live here, work elsewhere

202live and work here

2,410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Lake goes to work

Chicago41 mi away

11%898

Mundelein6.5 mi away

4%325

Libertyville8 mi away

4%293

Waukegan11.9 mi away

3%288

Gurnee8.6 mi away

3%266

Vernon Hills10.4 mi away

3%245

Grayslake3.5 mi away

3%214

Round Lake (in town)right here

2%202

Lincolnshire13.8 mi away

2%195

Lake Zurich10.3 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%5,210

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

How far

How far Round Lake commutes

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

29%

42%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Lake is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Lake are

2,612 jobs are based in Round Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Round Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Round Lake

2,612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Round Lake residents hold

8,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+17%

Jobs based in Round Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,224 → 2,612. 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.