Work & commute · Bensenville

Work & commute in Bensenville, IL

Most working residents leave Bensenville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (16%), Elk Grove Village (5%) and Elmhurst (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

748 of 8,321 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,573 Bensenville residents head out of town to work, 748 work right here, and 19,811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bensenville.

7,573live here, work elsewhere

748live and work here

19,811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bensenville goes to work

Chicago15.7 mi away

16%1,336

Bensenville (in town)right here

9%748

Elk Grove Village4.1 mi away

5%452

Elmhurst4.2 mi away

4%320

Wood Dale2 mi away

3%233

Schaumburg8.7 mi away

3%230

Des Plaines5.7 mi away

2%194

Addison3.8 mi away

2%193

Franklin Park3.7 mi away

2%187

Itasca4.1 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,275

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

How far

How far Bensenville commutes

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

56%

35%

56%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bensenville is a job hub

2.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bensenville are

20,559 jobs are based in Bensenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bensenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bensenville

20,559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bensenville residents hold

8,321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+6%

Jobs based in Bensenville, 2013 → 2023: 19,435 → 20,559. 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.