Most of Lakemoor commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Lakemoor has 837 jobs; 2,943 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Lakemoor is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Lakemoor is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lakemoor, in brief
Lakemoor’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lakemoor is Chicago, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (303) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lakemoor makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Lakemoor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lakemoor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Lakemoor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Lakemoor is a place people come home to
There are 837 jobs based in Lakemoor, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakemoor has about 4,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Lakemoor
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lakemoor’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakemoor could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lakemoor
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 place that makes things: 48% of Lakemoor’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakemoor, 2013 → 2023: 756 → 837. 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 Lakemoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lakemoor, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakemoor workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,966 commuters (the 13% 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.
How many people are in Lakemoor by day
On a workday 2,912 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 806 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Lakemoor on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Lakemoor clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Driving is how Lakemoor gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 3,397 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 1.5% of Lakemoor households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lakemoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lakemoor is 350th of 3,306 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 348 | Buxton ME | 8,681 | $100K | 2.3% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| 349 | Harlem Township OH | 5,113 | $122K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 350 | Lakemoor IL | 6,449 | $100K | 4.7% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 351 | Emerson NJ | 7,371 | $156K | 3.1% | 5.6% | 4% | A |
| 352 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Lakemoor, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Lakemoor and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakemoor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakemoor | – | A | C+ | 36 min | $100,414 |
| Volo | under 2% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $160,792 |
| Johnsburg | under 2% | A− | B− | 28 min | $121,023 |
| Wauconda Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $112,337 |
| Nunda Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 30 min | $109,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakemoor’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 Lakemoor: questions
What is the median household income in Lakemoor?
$100,414 (±$8,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakemoor?
4.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakemoor?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakemoor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 44 mi), McHenry (5%, 4 mi), Wauconda (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakemoor walkable?
Lakemoor is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakemoor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakemoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakemoor
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.