Work & commute · Third Lake

Work & commute in Third Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Third Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Grayslake (8%) and Vernon Hills (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 462 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Third Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Third Lake.

459live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Third Lake goes to work

Chicago40.4 mi away

10%46

Grayslake2.4 mi away

8%37

Vernon Hills9.7 mi away

5%24

Waukegan7.1 mi away

5%23

Gurnee3.7 mi away

4%19

North Chicago8.5 mi away

4%17

Libertyville6.3 mi away

3%16

Mundelein6.7 mi away

3%16

Northbrook18.9 mi away

3%15

Libertyville6.8 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%237

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

How far

How far Third Lake commutes

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

42%

29%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Third Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Third Lake are

428 jobs are based in Third Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Third Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Third Lake

428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Third Lake residents hold

462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+112%

Jobs based in Third Lake, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 428. 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.