Work & commute · Bolingbrook

Work & commute in Bolingbrook, IL

Most working residents leave Bolingbrook for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Naperville (7%) and Downers Grove (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,993 of 35,341 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,348 Bolingbrook residents head out of town to work, 3,993 work right here, and 34,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolingbrook.

31,348live here, work elsewhere

3,993live and work here

34,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolingbrook goes to work

Chicago24.1 mi away

17%6,079

Bolingbrook (in town)right here

11%3,993

Naperville5.2 mi away

7%2,413

Downers Grove8.7 mi away

3%1,207

Romeoville4 mi away

3%1,071

Aurora10.8 mi away

3%1,010

Joliet11.9 mi away

3%889

Woodridge4.8 mi away

2%743

Oak Brook13.1 mi away

2%651

Lisle7.4 mi away

2%549

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%16,736

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

How far

How far Bolingbrook commutes

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

36%

38%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolingbrook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolingbrook are

38,643 jobs are based in Bolingbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolingbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bolingbrook

38,643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bolingbrook residents hold

35,341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+22%

Jobs based in Bolingbrook, 2013 → 2023: 31,639 → 38,643. 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.