Work & commute · Franklin Park

Work & commute in Franklin Park, IL

Most working residents leave Franklin Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (27%), Elk Grove Village (3%) and Melrose Park (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

623 of 8,573 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 7,950 Franklin Park residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 13,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin Park.

7,950live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

13,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin Park goes to work

Chicago12.1 mi away

27%2,298

Franklin Park (in town)right here

7%623

Elk Grove Village7.5 mi away

3%270

Melrose Park2.4 mi away

3%217

Des Plaines6.9 mi away

2%198

Schaumburg12.3 mi away

2%183

Bensenville3.7 mi away

2%180

Elmhurst4.3 mi away

2%167

Schiller Park1.6 mi away

2%153

Rosemont3.7 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,142

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

How far

How far Franklin Park commutes

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

56%

38%

56%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin Park is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin Park are

14,222 jobs are based in Franklin Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franklin Park

14,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Franklin Park residents hold

8,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Franklin Park, 2013 → 2023: 15,745 → 14,222. 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.