Work & commute · Hickory Hills

Work & commute in Hickory Hills, IL

Most working residents leave Hickory Hills for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (26%), Bridgeview (3%) and Bedford Park (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

250 of 6,022 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,772 Hickory Hills residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 2,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory Hills.

5,772live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

2,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hickory Hills goes to work

Chicago10.7 mi away

26%1,548

Hickory Hills (in town)right here

4%250

Bridgeview1.5 mi away

3%196

Bedford Park4.1 mi away

2%135

Oak Lawn4 mi away

2%119

Downers Grove11.1 mi away

2%103

Palos Hills1.7 mi away

2%101

Naperville17.3 mi away

2%93

Orland Park8.2 mi away

2%92

Hodgkins3.3 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,295

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

How far

How far Hickory Hills commutes

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

39%

49%

39%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory Hills is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory Hills are

3,133 jobs are based in Hickory Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hickory Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hickory Hills

3,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hickory Hills residents hold

6,022 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−7%

Jobs based in Hickory Hills, 2013 → 2023: 3,366 → 3,133. 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.