Work & commute · La Grange

Work & commute in La Grange, IL

Most working residents leave La Grange for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (39%), Oak Brook (2%) and Downers Grove (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

426 of 7,588 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,162 La Grange residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 5,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Grange.

7,162live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

5,830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Grange goes to work

Chicago10 mi away

39%2,993

La Grange (in town)right here

6%426

Oak Brook4.5 mi away

2%163

Downers Grove7.6 mi away

2%150

Countryside2.3 mi away

2%135

Hinsdale2.8 mi away

2%115

La Grange Park1.6 mi away

1%103

Burr Ridge4.7 mi away

1%97

Elmhurst7.2 mi away

1%92

Westmont5.2 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,235

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

How far

How far La Grange commutes

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

37%

56%

37%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Grange is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Grange are

6,256 jobs are based in La Grange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Grange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Grange

6,256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs La Grange residents hold

7,588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−13%

Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 7,216 → 6,256. 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.