2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Lake Forest, IL vs Thornton, CO

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- The average commute for residents of Thornton is 3.0% shorter than it is for residents of Lake Forest.
- 57.0% fewer residents of Thornton work from home compared to residents of Lake Forest.
 Lake Forest, ILThornton, COUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock3127
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 Commute Mode
 Lake Forest, ILThornton, COUnited States
 Auto (alone)51.9%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock10.0%8.6%
 Mass Transit14.2%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.2%0.5%
 Walk5.5%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock10.1%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Lake Forest, ILThornton, COUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.5.6%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock4.2%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.12.4%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock13.1%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.8.9%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock7.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.7.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock5.5%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.4.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock11.9%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.18.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock2.8%2.9%
Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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