Lake Holiday has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Lake Holiday report 140 jobs; 1,925 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lake Holiday are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lake Holiday, in brief
Lake Holiday workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lake Holiday is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Lake Holiday, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Holiday has about 3,900 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lake Holiday
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Holiday is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #186 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Lake Holiday’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Holiday could be anywhere from B to A.
A commute of about 45 minutes in Lake Holiday
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Holiday workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,696 commuters (the 9% 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.
A workday in Lake Holiday: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,886 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Lake Holiday on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Sandwich
Where Lake Holiday clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Lake Holiday
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Holiday, 2014 → 2024: 116 → 140. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Holiday’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lake Holiday to work
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Lake Holiday is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Holiday is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #742 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,960 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Lake Holiday households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Holiday’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Holiday places 621st of 3,561 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 619 | Johnson Township IN | 4,430 | $96K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 10% | A− |
| 620 | Union Township OH | 6,781 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 621 | Lake Holiday IL | 5,641 | $108K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 622 | Floyds Knobs IN | 4,515 | $126K | 4.1% | 5.1% | 3% | A− |
| 623 | Peotone IL | 4,225 | $109K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Lake Holiday, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Lake Holiday and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Somonauk (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Holiday workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Holiday | – | A− | D | 45 min | $107,875 |
| Somonauk | 3% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $84,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Holiday’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 2024, 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 Lake Holiday: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Holiday?
$107,875 (±$13,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Holiday?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Holiday?
45 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Holiday work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandwich (12%, 3 mi), Yorkville (6%, 12 mi), Plano (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Holiday walkable?
Lake Holiday is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Holiday without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Holiday, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Holiday
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.