Work & commute · Tower Lakes

Work & commute in Tower Lakes, IL

Most working residents leave Tower Lakes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Barrington (5%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 537 Tower Lakes residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tower Lakes.

537live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tower Lakes goes to work

Chicago36.2 mi away

16%86

Barrington5.4 mi away

5%28

Schaumburg14.2 mi away

4%24

Cary5 mi away

3%14

Wauconda3.5 mi away

2%12

Lincolnshire12.3 mi away

2%11

Rolling Meadows12.5 mi away

2%11

Crystal Lake9.2 mi away

2%10

Palatine9.6 mi away

2%9

Arlington Heights12.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%325

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

How far

How far Tower Lakes commutes

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

26%

43%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tower Lakes is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tower Lakes are

140 jobs are based in Tower Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tower Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tower Lakes

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Tower Lakes residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+438%

Jobs based in Tower Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 140. 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.