Work & commute · Skokie

Work & commute in Skokie, IL

Most working residents leave Skokie for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (36%), Evanston (8%) and Glenview (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,186 of 31,198 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 28,012 Skokie residents head out of town to work, 3,186 work right here, and 37,177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skokie.

28,012live here, work elsewhere

3,186live and work here

37,177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skokie goes to work

Chicago14 mi away

36%11,306

Skokie (in town)right here

10%3,186

Evanston2.5 mi away

8%2,383

Glenview5.6 mi away

2%680

Northbrook8.1 mi away

2%606

Niles3.6 mi away

2%605

Schaumburg17.7 mi away

2%521

Des Plaines8.3 mi away

2%499

Morton Grove2.6 mi away

2%479

Lincolnwood2.1 mi away

2%468

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%10,465

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

How far

How far Skokie commutes

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

49%

44%

49%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skokie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Skokie are

40,363 jobs are based in Skokie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skokie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Skokie

40,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Skokie residents hold

31,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+25%

Jobs based in Skokie, 2013 → 2023: 32,352 → 40,363. 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.