Work & commute · Streamwood

Work & commute in Streamwood, IL

Most working residents leave Streamwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Schaumburg (8%) and Elgin (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

623 of 19,701 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,078 Streamwood residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 5,377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Streamwood.

19,078live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

5,377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Streamwood goes to work

Chicago28.3 mi away

14%2,712

Schaumburg4.8 mi away

8%1,603

Elgin7.7 mi away

6%1,180

Elk Grove Village9.6 mi away

5%905

Streamwood (in town)right here

3%623

Hoffman Estates3.5 mi away

2%488

Arlington Heights11.4 mi away

2%456

Des Plaines14.2 mi away

2%360

Carol Stream7.3 mi away

2%357

Itasca8.7 mi away

2%344

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%10,673

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

How far

How far Streamwood commutes

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

39%

43%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Streamwood is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Streamwood are

6,000 jobs are based in Streamwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Streamwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Streamwood

6,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Streamwood residents hold

19,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−16%

Jobs based in Streamwood, 2013 → 2023: 7,156 → 6,000. 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.