Work & commute · Forest View

Work & commute in Forest View, IL

Most working residents leave Forest View for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (37%), Stickney (3%) and Bridgeview (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Forest View residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 1,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest View.

375live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

1,707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest View goes to work

Chicago4.9 mi away

37%143

Stickney2.5 mi away

3%11

Bridgeview5.1 mi away

3%10

Forest View (in town)right here

2%8

Bedford Park2.9 mi away

2%8

Cicero2.5 mi away

2%8

Romeoville21.1 mi away

2%6

Summit2.5 mi away

1%5

Maywood6.1 mi away

1%5

Berwyn2.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%174

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

How far

How far Forest View commutes

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

60%

34%

60%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest View is a job hub

4.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest View are

1,715 jobs are based in Forest View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest View

1,715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Forest View residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+11%

Jobs based in Forest View, 2013 → 2023: 1,547 → 1,715. 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.