Work & commute · Bedford Park

Work & commute in Bedford Park, IL

Most working residents leave Bedford Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Bridgeview (6%) and Summit (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 260 Bedford Park residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 19,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford Park.

260live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

19,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford Park goes to work

Chicago6.6 mi away

28%78

Bridgeview2.6 mi away

6%16

Bedford Park (in town)right here

5%15

Summit2.6 mi away

2%6

Hodgkins4.6 mi away

2%6

Alsip7 mi away

2%5

Naperville20.1 mi away

2%5

Chicago Ridge4.5 mi away

1%4

Countryside5.3 mi away

1%4

Berwyn5.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%132

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bedford Park commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

50%

42%

50%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford Park is a job hub

71.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

71.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford Park are

19,582 jobs are based in Bedford Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford Park

19,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bedford Park residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−42%

Jobs based in Bedford Park, 2013 → 2023: 33,676 → 19,582. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.