Work & commute · Bridgeview

Work & commute in Bridgeview, IL

Most working residents leave Bridgeview for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (29%), Bedford Park (3%) and Oak Lawn (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

393 of 6,794 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,401 Bridgeview residents head out of town to work, 393 work right here, and 11,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeview.

6,401live here, work elsewhere

393live and work here

11,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeview goes to work

Chicago9.2 mi away

29%1,999

Bridgeview (in town)right here

6%393

Bedford Park2.6 mi away

3%217

Oak Lawn3.3 mi away

3%174

Downers Grove11.7 mi away

2%114

Hodgkins3.4 mi away

1%95

Orland Park9.5 mi away

1%95

Palos Hills2.9 mi away

1%87

Hickory Hills1.5 mi away

1%84

Naperville18.3 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,452

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

How far

How far Bridgeview commutes

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

42%

47%

42%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeview is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeview are

12,183 jobs are based in Bridgeview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridgeview

12,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bridgeview residents hold

6,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Bridgeview, 2013 → 2023: 10,973 → 12,183. 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.