Work & commute · Lyons

Work & commute in Lyons, IL

Most working residents leave Lyons for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (32%), La Grange (2%) and Downers Grove (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

6,156 of 49,808 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43,652 Lyons residents head out of town to work, 6,156 work right here, and 51,360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyons.

43,652live here, work elsewhere

6,156live and work here

51,360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyons goes to work

Chicago10 mi away

32%15,907

La Grange2.4 mi away

2%1,184

Downers Grove8.4 mi away

2%1,003

Oak Brook6.4 mi away

2%909

Burr Ridge3.6 mi away

2%781

Countryside0.8 mi away

2%760

Bridgeview3.6 mi away

1%729

Bedford Park4.5 mi away

1%717

Hinsdale4 mi away

1%674

Cicero7.1 mi away

1%648

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%26,496

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

How far

How far Lyons commutes

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

42%

49%

42%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyons is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyons are

57,516 jobs are based in Lyons. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyons’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lyons

57,516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lyons residents hold

49,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+9%

Jobs based in Lyons, 2013 → 2023: 52,825 → 57,516. 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.