Work & commute · Vernon Hills

Work & commute in Vernon Hills, IL

Most working residents leave Vernon Hills for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Libertyville (4%) and Lincolnshire (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

852 of 12,751 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,899 Vernon Hills residents head out of town to work, 852 work right here, and 18,648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon Hills.

11,899live here, work elsewhere

852live and work here

18,648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon Hills goes to work

Chicago30.9 mi away

17%2,149

Vernon Hills (in town)right here

7%852

Libertyville3.5 mi away

4%484

Lincolnshire3.4 mi away

4%480

Libertyville3.5 mi away

4%448

Mundelein3.9 mi away

3%376

Northbrook9.7 mi away

3%348

Schaumburg15.6 mi away

2%307

North Chicago7.7 mi away

2%268

Deerfield7.3 mi away

2%267

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%6,772

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

How far

How far Vernon Hills commutes

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

45%

27%

23%

45%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon Hills is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon Hills are

19,500 jobs are based in Vernon Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon Hills

19,500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Vernon Hills residents hold

12,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−8%

Jobs based in Vernon Hills, 2013 → 2023: 21,230 → 19,500. 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.