Work & commute · Bellwood

Work & commute in Bellwood, IL

Most working residents leave Bellwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Melrose Park (3%) and Maywood (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 7,918 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 7,680 Bellwood residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 2,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellwood.

7,680live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

2,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellwood goes to work

Chicago10.3 mi away

30%2,336

Bellwood (in town)right here

3%238

Melrose Park1.5 mi away

3%232

Maywood1.7 mi away

3%200

Elk Grove Village10.3 mi away

2%169

Elmhurst3.6 mi away

2%161

Oak Brook5.1 mi away

2%156

Downers Grove9.6 mi away

2%143

Bensenville6.2 mi away

2%136

Northlake2.6 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,013

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

How far

How far Bellwood commutes

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

51%

42%

51%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellwood is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellwood are

3,204 jobs are based in Bellwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellwood

3,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bellwood residents hold

7,918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−15%

Jobs based in Bellwood, 2013 → 2023: 3,782 → 3,204. 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.