Work & commute · Du Page

Work & commute in Du Page, IL

Most working residents leave Du Page for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Bolingbrook (11%) and Naperville (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

5,902 of 42,141 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36,239 Du Page residents head out of town to work, 5,902 work right here, and 49,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Du Page.

36,239live here, work elsewhere

5,902live and work here

49,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Du Page goes to work

Chicago23.3 mi away

17%7,053

Bolingbrook1 mi away

11%4,502

Naperville6 mi away

7%3,072

Romeoville3.9 mi away

4%1,603

Downers Grove8.5 mi away

3%1,396

Aurora11.8 mi away

3%1,150

Joliet11.9 mi away

3%1,145

Woodridge4.4 mi away

2%886

Oak Brook12.7 mi away

2%729

Lisle7.5 mi away

2%668

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%19,937

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

How far

How far Du Page commutes

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

36%

37%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Du Page is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Du Page are

55,670 jobs are based in Du Page. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Du Page’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Du Page

55,670 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Du Page residents hold

42,141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Du Page, 2013 → 2023: 45,258 → 55,670. 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.