Work & commute · Glen Ellyn

Work & commute in Glen Ellyn, IL

Most working residents leave Glen Ellyn for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (20%), Naperville (4%) and Wheaton (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,019 of 12,566 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,547 Glen Ellyn residents head out of town to work, 1,019 work right here, and 10,807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Ellyn.

11,547live here, work elsewhere

1,019live and work here

10,807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Ellyn goes to work

Chicago19.6 mi away

20%2,463

Glen Ellyn (in town)right here

8%1,019

Naperville9.6 mi away

4%527

Wheaton2.4 mi away

4%486

Downers Grove5.4 mi away

4%441

Lombard2.5 mi away

3%356

Schaumburg11.2 mi away

3%321

Oak Brook6 mi away

2%264

Carol Stream5.2 mi away

2%231

Lisle5.3 mi away

2%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%6,243

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

How far

How far Glen Ellyn 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?

Glen Ellyn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Ellyn are

11,826 jobs are based in Glen Ellyn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Ellyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Ellyn

11,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Glen Ellyn residents hold

12,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+8%

Jobs based in Glen Ellyn, 2013 → 2023: 10,915 → 11,826. 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.