Work & commute · Brookfield

Work & commute in Brookfield, IL

Most working residents leave Brookfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (32%), La Grange (2%) and Downers Grove (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

381 of 9,686 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 9,305 Brookfield residents head out of town to work, 381 work right here, and 2,897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookfield.

9,305live here, work elsewhere

381live and work here

2,897work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookfield goes to work

Chicago8.4 mi away

32%3,114

Brookfield (in town)right here

4%381

La Grange1.8 mi away

2%233

Downers Grove9.2 mi away

2%204

Oak Brook5.5 mi away

2%198

Maywood3.8 mi away

2%173

Cicero4.7 mi away

2%155

Oak Park5.2 mi away

1%143

Elmhurst7 mi away

1%132

La Grange Park1.3 mi away

1%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,823

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

How far

How far Brookfield commutes

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

45%

47%

45%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookfield is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookfield are

3,278 jobs are based in Brookfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookfield

3,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Brookfield residents hold

9,686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−7%

Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,525 → 3,278. 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.