Work & commute · Countryside

Work & commute in Countryside, IL

Most working residents leave Countryside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), La Grange (4%) and Downers Grove (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 2,816 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,703 Countryside residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 5,997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Countryside.

2,703live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

5,997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Countryside goes to work

Chicago10.7 mi away

27%759

Countryside (in town)right here

4%113

La Grange2.3 mi away

4%107

Downers Grove7.6 mi away

3%71

Burr Ridge2.9 mi away

2%70

Oak Brook5.9 mi away

2%61

Hodgkins0.9 mi away

2%59

Hinsdale3.3 mi away

2%47

Cicero7.7 mi away

1%40

Oak Lawn7.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,454

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

How far

How far Countryside 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?

Countryside is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Countryside are

6,110 jobs are based in Countryside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Countryside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Countryside

6,110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Countryside residents hold

2,816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Countryside, 2013 → 2023: 6,320 → 6,110. 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.