Work & commute · Lombard

Work & commute in Lombard, IL

Most working residents leave Lombard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (20%), Downers Grove (4%) and Elmhurst (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,597 of 22,284 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,687 Lombard residents head out of town to work, 1,597 work right here, and 28,835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lombard.

20,687live here, work elsewhere

1,597live and work here

28,835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lombard goes to work

Chicago17.2 mi away

20%4,468

Lombard (in town)right here

7%1,597

Downers Grove5.5 mi away

4%826

Elmhurst4 mi away

3%692

Naperville11.5 mi away

3%689

Oak Brook4.1 mi away

3%688

Schaumburg11.3 mi away

3%628

Addison3.9 mi away

3%584

Villa Park2.1 mi away

2%480

Glen Ellyn2.5 mi away

2%461

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%11,171

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

How far

How far Lombard commutes

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

49%

44%

49%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lombard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lombard are

30,432 jobs are based in Lombard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lombard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lombard

30,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lombard residents hold

22,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−3%

Jobs based in Lombard, 2013 → 2023: 31,456 → 30,432. 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.