Work & commute · Lisle

Work & commute in Lisle, IL

Most working residents leave Lisle for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (20%), Naperville (9%) and Downers Grove (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

688 of 11,203 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

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,515 Lisle residents head out of town to work, 688 work right here, and 21,860 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisle.

10,515live here, work elsewhere

688live and work here

21,860work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisle goes to work

Chicago21 mi away

20%2,217

Naperville4.8 mi away

9%1,030

Lisle (in town)right here

6%688

Downers Grove3.4 mi away

5%550

Oak Brook7.6 mi away

2%265

Aurora10.6 mi away

2%261

Wheaton4.6 mi away

2%225

Bolingbrook7.4 mi away

2%224

Lombard6.8 mi away

2%210

Schaumburg16.3 mi away

2%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%5,330

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.

44%

39%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisle is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisle are

22,548 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

22,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Lisle residents hold

11,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−11%

Jobs based in Lisle, 2013 → 2023: 25,309 → 22,548. 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.