Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, IL

Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Gurnee (9%) and Waukegan (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,757 of 30,281 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,524 Warren residents head out of town to work, 3,757 work right here, and 25,983 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

26,524live here, work elsewhere

3,757live and work here

25,983work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

Chicago39.4 mi away

10%3,053

Gurnee0.5 mi away

9%2,646

Waukegan3.9 mi away

8%2,380

Libertyville6.2 mi away

4%1,179

Libertyville6.1 mi away

4%1,121

North Chicago5.9 mi away

3%1,023

Vernon Hills9.6 mi away

2%741

Grayslake5 mi away

2%676

Lake Forest10.5 mi away

2%675

Mundelein7.7 mi away

2%669

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%16,118

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

42%

28%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

29,740 jobs are based in Warren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warren

29,740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Warren residents hold

30,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 28,551 → 29,740. 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.