Work & commute · Melrose Park

Work & commute in Melrose Park, IL

Most working residents leave Melrose Park for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Elk Grove Village (3%) and Franklin Park (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,002 of 9,928 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,926 Melrose Park residents head out of town to work, 1,002 work right here, and 18,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melrose Park.

8,926live here, work elsewhere

1,002live and work here

18,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melrose Park goes to work

Chicago10.3 mi away

22%2,227

Melrose Park (in town)right here

10%1,002

Elk Grove Village9.7 mi away

3%312

Franklin Park2.4 mi away

2%243

Maywood1.9 mi away

2%233

Elmhurst4.1 mi away

2%205

Addison7.7 mi away

2%190

Bensenville5.6 mi away

2%188

Northlake2.3 mi away

2%183

Des Plaines9.3 mi away

2%178

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,967

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

How far

How far Melrose Park commutes

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

58%

34%

58%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melrose Park is a job hub

1.96jobs 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 Melrose Park are

19,466 jobs are based in Melrose Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melrose Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melrose Park

19,466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Melrose Park residents hold

9,928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Melrose Park, 2013 → 2023: 18,296 → 19,466. 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.