Work & commute · Darien

Work & commute in Darien, IL

Most working residents leave Darien for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (23%), Downers Grove (4%) and Naperville (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

438 of 10,457 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,019 Darien residents head out of town to work, 438 work right here, and 5,361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darien.

10,019live here, work elsewhere

438live and work here

5,361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darien goes to work

Chicago16.5 mi away

23%2,379

Darien (in town)right here

4%438

Downers Grove4 mi away

4%410

Naperville9.3 mi away

4%378

Oak Brook6.4 mi away

3%274

Bolingbrook7.7 mi away

2%240

Woodridge3.3 mi away

2%227

Westmont3.4 mi away

2%214

Burr Ridge3.2 mi away

2%191

Downers Grove0.6 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%5,529

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

How far

How far Darien commutes

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

39%

51%

39%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darien is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darien are

5,799 jobs are based in Darien. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darien’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darien

5,799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Darien residents hold

10,457 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 month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−16%

Jobs based in Darien, 2013 → 2023: 6,864 → 5,799. 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.