Work & commute · South Barrington

Work & commute in South Barrington, IL

Most working residents leave South Barrington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (18%), Schaumburg (8%) and Hoffman Estates (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 2,214 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,127 South Barrington residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,930 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Barrington.

2,127live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,930work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Barrington goes to work

Chicago30.1 mi away

18%409

Schaumburg5.8 mi away

8%171

Hoffman Estates2.1 mi away

5%118

South Barrington (in town)right here

4%87

Elgin9.4 mi away

3%65

Elk Grove Village10.5 mi away

3%61

Arlington Heights9 mi away

3%57

Barrington4.3 mi away

2%55

Rolling Meadows6.9 mi away

2%46

Palatine6 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,109

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

How far

How far South Barrington commutes

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

36%

40%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Barrington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Barrington are

2,017 jobs are based in South Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Barrington

2,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs South Barrington residents hold

2,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+3%

Jobs based in South Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 1,951 → 2,017. 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.