Work & commute · Itasca

Work & commute in Itasca, IL

Most working residents leave Itasca for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (15%), Elk Grove Village (6%) and Schaumburg (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

333 of 4,652 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,319 Itasca residents head out of town to work, 333 work right here, and 19,779 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Itasca.

4,319live here, work elsewhere

333live and work here

19,779work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Itasca goes to work

Chicago19.7 mi away

15%699

Itasca (in town)right here

7%333

Elk Grove Village2.4 mi away

6%260

Schaumburg4.9 mi away

5%228

Addison3.2 mi away

4%189

Wood Dale2.1 mi away

3%123

Arlington Heights8.6 mi away

2%91

Bensenville4.1 mi away

2%89

Naperville17.4 mi away

2%88

Des Plaines7.2 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,466

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

How far

How far Itasca commutes

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

53%

40%

53%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Itasca is a job hub

4.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Itasca are

20,112 jobs are based in Itasca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Itasca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Itasca

20,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Itasca residents hold

4,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−9%

Jobs based in Itasca, 2013 → 2023: 22,103 → 20,112. 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.