Work & commute · Berkeley

Work & commute in Berkeley, IL

Most working residents leave Berkeley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Elmhurst (3%) and Oak Brook (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,296 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,260 Berkeley residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 1,149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkeley.

2,260live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

1,149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkeley goes to work

Chicago12.2 mi away

27%611

Elmhurst1.7 mi away

3%77

Oak Brook4.2 mi away

3%76

Melrose Park2.6 mi away

3%66

Elk Grove Village9 mi away

3%58

Addison5.8 mi away

2%56

Bensenville5 mi away

2%52

Northlake1.8 mi away

2%48

Franklin Park3.6 mi away

2%45

Lombard5.5 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,162

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

How far

How far Berkeley commutes

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

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkeley is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkeley are

1,185 jobs are based in Berkeley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berkeley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berkeley

1,185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Berkeley residents hold

2,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−27%

Jobs based in Berkeley, 2013 → 2023: 1,633 → 1,185. 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.