Work & commute · Berwyn

Work & commute in Berwyn, IL

Most working residents leave Berwyn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (38%), Cicero (4%) and Oak Park (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,184 of 23,495 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,311 Berwyn residents head out of town to work, 1,184 work right here, and 7,062 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berwyn.

22,311live here, work elsewhere

1,184live and work here

7,062work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berwyn goes to work

Chicago5.5 mi away

38%8,844

Berwyn (in town)right here

5%1,184

Cicero1.6 mi away

4%828

Oak Park3 mi away

2%552

Maywood3.7 mi away

2%432

Elk Grove Village15.2 mi away

1%340

Oak Brook8.4 mi away

1%334

Forest Park2.1 mi away

1%309

Downers Grove12.3 mi away

1%304

Lombard11.7 mi away

1%248

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%10,120

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

How far

How far Berwyn commutes

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

67%

25%

67%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berwyn is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berwyn are

8,246 jobs are based in Berwyn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berwyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berwyn

8,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Berwyn residents hold

23,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−23%

Jobs based in Berwyn, 2013 → 2023: 10,722 → 8,246. 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.