Work & commute · Burbank

Work & commute in Burbank, IL

Most working residents leave Burbank for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Bedford Park (5%) and Bridgeview (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

579 of 12,699 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 12,120 Burbank residents head out of town to work, 579 work right here, and 4,024 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burbank.

12,120live here, work elsewhere

579live and work here

4,024work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burbank goes to work

Chicago7.7 mi away

33%4,129

Bedford Park1.6 mi away

5%692

Burbank (in town)right here

5%579

Bridgeview2 mi away

3%359

Oak Lawn2.3 mi away

3%342

Downers Grove13.5 mi away

1%181

Hodgkins5 mi away

1%165

Cicero6.9 mi away

1%151

Oak Brook11.4 mi away

1%151

Naperville20.3 mi away

1%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,801

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

How far

How far Burbank commutes

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

45%

44%

45%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burbank is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burbank are

4,603 jobs are based in Burbank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burbank

4,603 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Burbank residents hold

12,699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−3%

Jobs based in Burbank, 2013 → 2023: 4,734 → 4,603. 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.