Work & commute · Schaumburg

Work & commute in Schaumburg, IL

Most working residents leave Schaumburg for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Schaumburg (13%) and Elk Grove Village (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

9,839 of 62,794 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 52,955 Schaumburg residents head out of town to work, 9,839 work right here, and 84,917 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schaumburg.

52,955live here, work elsewhere

9,839live and work here

84,917work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schaumburg goes to work

Chicago24.6 mi away

15%9,379

Schaumburg0.2 mi away

13%8,024

Elk Grove Village5.2 mi away

5%2,996

Hoffman Estates3.8 mi away

3%2,136

Arlington Heights7.2 mi away

3%1,954

Elgin12.2 mi away

2%1,542

Des Plaines9.6 mi away

2%1,265

Rolling Meadows4.5 mi away

2%1,241

Palatine6.4 mi away

2%1,203

Itasca5.1 mi away

2%1,077

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%31,977

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

How far

How far Schaumburg commutes

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

44%

42%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schaumburg is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schaumburg are

94,756 jobs are based in Schaumburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schaumburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schaumburg

94,756 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Schaumburg residents hold

62,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Schaumburg, 2013 → 2023: 86,343 → 94,756. 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.