Work & commute · Sleepy Hollow

Work & commute in Sleepy Hollow, IL

Most working residents leave Sleepy Hollow for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (17%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 1,493 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,492 Sleepy Hollow residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sleepy Hollow.

1,492live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sleepy Hollow goes to work

Elgin3.6 mi away

17%252

Chicago36.7 mi away

10%154

Schaumburg12.5 mi away

6%96

Elk Grove Village17.5 mi away

3%47

Carpentersville2.5 mi away

2%36

Hoffman Estates8.9 mi away

2%36

East Dundee3.4 mi away

2%34

Arlington Heights17 mi away

2%32

Rolling Meadows14.8 mi away

2%26

Crystal Lake9.9 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%754

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

How far

How far Sleepy Hollow commutes

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

33%

45%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sleepy Hollow is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sleepy Hollow are

210 jobs are based in Sleepy Hollow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sleepy Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sleepy Hollow

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sleepy Hollow residents hold

1,493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+52%

Jobs based in Sleepy Hollow, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 210. 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.