Work & commute · Leyden

Work & commute in Leyden, IL

Most working residents leave Leyden for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Franklin Park (4%) and Elk Grove Village (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

5,666 of 42,467 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36,801 Leyden residents head out of town to work, 5,666 work right here, and 63,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leyden.

36,801live here, work elsewhere

5,666live and work here

63,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leyden goes to work

Chicago11.7 mi away

28%12,077

Franklin Park0.6 mi away

4%1,643

Elk Grove Village7.9 mi away

3%1,235

Rosemont3.5 mi away

2%1,012

Des Plaines6.8 mi away

2%1,007

Melrose Park2.4 mi away

2%955

Schaumburg12.7 mi away

2%862

Bensenville4.1 mi away

2%817

Elmhurst4.8 mi away

2%732

Schiller Park1.4 mi away

2%684

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%21,443

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

How far

How far Leyden commutes

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

58%

35%

58%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leyden is a job hub

1.63jobs 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 Leyden are

69,056 jobs are based in Leyden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leyden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leyden

69,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Leyden residents hold

42,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Leyden, 2013 → 2023: 64,445 → 69,056. 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.