Work & commute · Bloomingdale

Work & commute in Bloomingdale, IL

Most working residents leave Bloomingdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Schaumburg (5%) and Addison (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

608 of 10,872 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,264 Bloomingdale residents head out of town to work, 608 work right here, and 12,639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomingdale.

10,264live here, work elsewhere

608live and work here

12,639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomingdale goes to work

Chicago22.2 mi away

15%1,633

Bloomingdale (in town)right here

6%608

Schaumburg5.3 mi away

5%547

Addison4.4 mi away

3%345

Elk Grove Village6.2 mi away

3%307

Carol Stream3.1 mi away

3%276

Roselle2 mi away

2%251

Naperville14.5 mi away

2%236

Downers Grove11.4 mi away

2%225

Glendale Heights2.3 mi away

2%219

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%6,225

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

How far

How far Bloomingdale commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomingdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomingdale are

13,247 jobs are based in Bloomingdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloomingdale

13,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bloomingdale residents hold

10,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in Bloomingdale, 2013 → 2023: 14,149 → 13,247. 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.