Work & commute · Hinsdale

Work & commute in Hinsdale, IL

Most working residents leave Hinsdale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Westmont (3%) and Downers Grove (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 6,891 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,559 Hinsdale residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 10,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinsdale.

6,559live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

10,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hinsdale goes to work

Chicago12.8 mi away

30%2,070

Hinsdale (in town)right here

5%332

Westmont2.3 mi away

3%221

Downers Grove4.8 mi away

3%200

Oak Brook2.8 mi away

3%190

Naperville12.6 mi away

3%179

Burr Ridge3.7 mi away

2%110

Schaumburg17.7 mi away

2%105

Oakbrook Terrace4.2 mi away

1%94

Elmhurst6.7 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,308

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

How far

How far Hinsdale commutes

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

35%

56%

35%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hinsdale is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinsdale are

11,164 jobs are based in Hinsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hinsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hinsdale

11,164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hinsdale residents hold

6,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+18%

Jobs based in Hinsdale, 2013 → 2023: 9,496 → 11,164. 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.