Household incomes in Lily Lake are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Lily Lake; the top destination outside it is Chicago (12%, 41 miles). Jobs and income earn Lily Lake A+; getting around on foot earns it C+. The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lily Lake
What’s behind Lily Lake’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lily Lake is among the top U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (8.9%) is left out: Lily Lake’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lily Lake stays A+.
The distance from Lily Lake to work
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 daily commute in and out of Lily Lake
On a workday 541 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Lily Lake on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.36 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Lily Lake work
Where Lily Lake clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Lily Lake works in goods: 69% of its jobs
196 jobs are based in Lily Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lily Lake, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 196. 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 Lily Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Lily Lake: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lily Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 22% 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.
Most of Lily Lake commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lily Lake is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lily Lake 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 659 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). 1.1% of Lily Lake households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lily Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lily Lake next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,400: 24th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 23 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 24 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 25 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 26 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| 27 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Lily Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Lily Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lily Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lily Lake | – | A+ | C+ | 32 min | $140,313 |
| Campton Township | under 2% | A | B | 32 min | $181,066 |
| Virgil Township | under 2% | A− | B | 27 min | $114,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lily Lake’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 Lily Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Lily Lake?
$140,313 (±$31,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lily Lake?
0.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lily Lake?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lily Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (12%, 41 mi), St. Charles (8%, 9 mi), Elgin (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lily Lake walkable?
Lily Lake is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lily Lake without a car?
1% 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 Lily Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lily Lake
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.