Work & commute · Maywood

Work & commute in Maywood, IL

Most working residents leave Maywood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Melrose Park (3%) and Elk Grove Village (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

380 of 9,445 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,065 Maywood residents head out of town to work, 380 work right here, and 12,964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maywood.

9,065live here, work elsewhere

380live and work here

12,964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maywood goes to work

Chicago8.7 mi away

30%2,853

Maywood (in town)right here

4%380

Melrose Park1.9 mi away

3%287

Elk Grove Village11.5 mi away

2%204

Oak Brook6.4 mi away

2%172

Elmhurst5.3 mi away

2%167

Downers Grove10.8 mi away

2%167

Oak Park2.8 mi away

2%151

Bellwood1.7 mi away

1%139

Addison9.2 mi away

1%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,787

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

How far

How far Maywood commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maywood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Maywood are

13,344 jobs are based in Maywood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maywood

13,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Maywood residents hold

9,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+26%

Jobs based in Maywood, 2013 → 2023: 10,584 → 13,344. 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.