Photo: Gavin J. Dow · CC BY 3.0Antioch has higher unemployment (8.2%) than 89% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Antioch is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Antioch B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in ten work in Antioch; the top destination outside it is Chicago (10%, 48 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Antioch: the gist
Antioch’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Antioch is Chicago, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (679) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Antioch
66% of Antioch residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Antioch pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Antioch’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Antioch is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #395 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Antioch’s grade up ($108,899, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Antioch could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How far Antioch’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Antioch
4,220 jobs are based in Antioch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antioch, 2013 → 2023: 4,106 → 4,220. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Antioch quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,411 residents head out to work, 667 work right here, and 3,553 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Antioch on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Antioch’s residents
Where Antioch clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Antioch spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antioch workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,215 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Antioch is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Antioch is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #449 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,774 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Antioch households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Antioch’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,024th of 1,969: where Antioch ranks among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 9 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 16 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 21 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,022 | Lost Creek Township IN | 11,305 | $67K | 13.2% | 3.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,023 | Murraysville NC | 16,339 | $81K | 4.5% | 5.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,024 | Antioch IL | 15,000 | $109K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,025 | Wixom MI | 17,313 | $65K | 10.9% | 3.4% | 8% | B |
| 1,026 | Leeds AL | 12,831 | $70K | 12.8% | 2.6% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Antioch, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Antioch compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antioch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | – | B | B | 30 min | $108,899 |
| Lake Catherine | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Catherine: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Antioch’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Antioch: questions
What is the median household income in Antioch?
$108,899 (±$18,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antioch?
7.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antioch?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antioch work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 48 mi), Waukegan (4%, 12 mi), Gurnee (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Antioch walkable?
Antioch is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antioch without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antioch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antioch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.