Work & commute · Naperville

Work & commute in Naperville, IL

Most working residents leave Naperville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (17%), Naperville (15%) and Aurora (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

8,228 of 49,704 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41,476 Naperville residents head out of town to work, 8,228 work right here, and 77,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naperville.

41,476live here, work elsewhere

8,228live and work here

77,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naperville goes to work

Chicago27 mi away

17%8,344

Naperville2.3 mi away

15%7,216

Aurora4.6 mi away

8%4,131

Downers Grove9.5 mi away

3%1,428

Lisle6.1 mi away

3%1,377

Schaumburg19.1 mi away

3%1,246

Bolingbrook7.4 mi away

2%994

Oak Brook13.6 mi away

2%836

Wheaton7.9 mi away

2%800

Lombard12.1 mi away

1%595

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%22,737

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

How far

How far Naperville commutes

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

39%

31%

25%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naperville is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Naperville are

85,473 jobs are based in Naperville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Naperville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Naperville

85,473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Naperville residents hold

49,704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+12%

Jobs based in Naperville, 2013 → 2023: 75,999 → 85,473. 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.