Work & commute · Schaumburg

Work & commute in Schaumburg, IL

Most working residents leave Schaumburg for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Elk Grove Village (4%) and Arlington Heights (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4,948 of 36,677 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

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,729 Schaumburg residents head out of town to work, 4,948 work right here, and 79,420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schaumburg.

31,729live here, work elsewhere

4,948live and work here

79,420work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schaumburg goes to work

Chicago24.4 mi away

15%5,616

Schaumburg (in town)right here

13%4,948

Elk Grove Village5 mi away

4%1,642

Arlington Heights7.1 mi away

3%1,204

Hoffman Estates4 mi away

3%1,091

Elgin12.4 mi away

2%859

Rolling Meadows4.4 mi away

2%751

Des Plaines9.4 mi away

2%751

Palatine6.4 mi away

2%736

Itasca4.9 mi away

2%640

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%18,439

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%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schaumburg is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schaumburg are

84,368 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

84,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Schaumburg residents hold

36,677 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 month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in Schaumburg, 2013 → 2023: 80,638 → 84,368. 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.