Work & commute · Winthrop Harbor

Work & commute in Winthrop Harbor, IL

Most working residents leave Winthrop Harbor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Waukegan (10%), Zion (7%) and Chicago (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 2,915 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,828 Winthrop Harbor residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winthrop Harbor.

2,828live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winthrop Harbor goes to work

Waukegan8 mi away

10%300

Zion1.8 mi away

7%203

Chicago45.1 mi away

7%197

Kenosha, WI7.8 mi away

6%180

Gurnee9.4 mi away

5%135

Pleasant Prairie, WI4.4 mi away

5%135

North Chicago11.4 mi away

3%91

Winthrop Harbor (in town)right here

3%87

Libertyville14.8 mi away

3%75

Beach Park3.5 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,455

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

How far

How far Winthrop Harbor commutes

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

37%

30%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winthrop Harbor is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winthrop Harbor are

453 jobs are based in Winthrop Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winthrop Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winthrop Harbor

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Winthrop Harbor residents hold

2,915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−7%

Jobs based in Winthrop Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 453. 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.