Kildeer has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 1.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Kildeer are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kildeer, in a few figures
A lot of Kildeer works from home
40% of Kildeer workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Kildeer
75% of Kildeer residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Kildeer pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Kildeer’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kildeer is Chicago, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (365) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Kildeer pay little
30% of the jobs based in Kildeer pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 41% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
What’s behind Kildeer’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kildeer is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #90 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Kildeer’s grade up ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
The Census reports Kildeer’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kildeer could be anywhere from A to A+.
Getting to work from Kildeer takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kildeer workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,229 commuters (the 40% 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 kinds of work in Kildeer
984 jobs are based in Kildeer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kildeer, 2013 → 2023: 1,082 → 984. 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 Kildeer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Kildeer to work
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.
A workday in Kildeer: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,782 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 973 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Kildeer on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
20% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Kildeer clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Few in Kildeer walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kildeer is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #574 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Kildeer near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,060 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.3% of Kildeer households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Kildeer’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kildeer is 325th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 323 | New London Township PA | 5,881 | $165K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 5% | A |
| 324 | Bennett CO | 4,224 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 325 | Kildeer IL | 4,683 | $250K | 1.0% | 5.9% | 1% | A |
| 326 | Aurelius Township MI | 4,394 | $95K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 327 | Heidelberg Township PA | 4,170 | $92K | 3.6% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Kildeer, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Kildeer
The biggest share goes to Lake Zurich (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kildeer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildeer | – | A | B− | 30 min | $250,000+ |
| Deer Park | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $174,458 |
| Lake Zurich | 3% | A+ | A− | 28 min | $135,968 |
| Long Grove | under 2% | A+ | A− | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Forest Lake | under 2% | A | C | 33 min | $96,250 |
| Hawthorn Woods | under 2% | A | A− | 40 min | $219,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kildeer’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kildeer: questions
What is the median household income in Kildeer?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kildeer?
1.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kildeer?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kildeer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (20%, 30 mi), Schaumburg (4%, 11 mi), Arlington Heights (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kildeer walkable?
Kildeer is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kildeer without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kildeer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kildeer
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.