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Work & commute · Hillside

Work & commute in Hillside, IL

Most working residents leave Hillside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Oak Brook (3%) and Elmhurst (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
137 of 3,747 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,610 Hillside residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 6,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillside.

3,610live here, work elsewhere
137live and work here
6,830work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Hillside goes to work

BerkeleyBellwoodMaywoodHillsideWestchesterBerwynMelrose ParkCiceroOak BrookLombardElmhurstAddisonElk Grove VillageDes PlainesDowners GroveNapervilleChicagoChicagoOak BrookElmhurstMelrose ParkDowners GroveElk Grove VillageDes PlainesLombardAddisonHillside
1
Chicago11.4 mi away
28%1,050
2
Hillside (in town)right here
4%137
3
Oak Brook3.4 mi away
3%107
4
Elmhurst3 mi away
3%106
5
Melrose Park3.1 mi away
3%100
6
Downers Grove7.9 mi away
2%82
7
Elk Grove Village10.6 mi away
2%73
8
Des Plaines11.5 mi away
2%69
9
Lombard5.9 mi away
2%65
10
Addison7 mi away
2%65
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%1,893

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

How far

How far Hillside commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hillside is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillside are

6,967 jobs are based in Hillside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillside

6,967 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hillside residents hold

3,747 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 month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+27%

Jobs based in Hillside, 2013 → 2023: 5,504 → 6,967. 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.

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