Work & commute · Lisle

Work & commute in Lisle, IL

Most working residents leave Lisle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Naperville (12%) and Downers Grove (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

5,886 of 55,803 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49,917 Lisle residents head out of town to work, 5,886 work right here, and 52,582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisle.

49,917live here, work elsewhere

5,886live and work here

52,582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisle goes to work

Chicago21.4 mi away

19%10,514

Naperville3.9 mi away

12%6,699

Downers Grove4 mi away

5%2,738

Lisle1.4 mi away

4%2,142

Bolingbrook6 mi away

3%1,448

Aurora10.2 mi away

2%1,375

Woodridge3.4 mi away

2%1,313

Oak Brook8.4 mi away

2%1,250

Schaumburg17.7 mi away

2%1,028

Wheaton5.9 mi away

2%954

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%26,342

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

How far

How far Lisle commutes

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

43%

37%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisle are

58,468 jobs are based in Lisle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lisle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lisle

58,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lisle residents hold

55,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

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Jobs based in Lisle, 2013 → 2023: 58,254 → 58,468. 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.