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 (19%), Aurora (4%) and Downers Grove (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

11,504 of 68,031 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

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56,527 Naperville residents head out of town to work, 11,504 work right here, and 70,693 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naperville.

56,527live here, work elsewhere

11,504live and work here

70,693work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naperville goes to work

Chicago25.3 mi away

19%12,666

Naperville (in town)right here

17%11,504

Aurora6.7 mi away

4%2,909

Downers Grove7.9 mi away

3%2,080

Lisle4.8 mi away

3%2,001

Bolingbrook5.2 mi away

2%1,637

Oak Brook12.3 mi away

2%1,275

Schaumburg19.7 mi away

2%1,256

Wheaton7.9 mi away

1%973

Lombard11.5 mi away

1%840

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%30,890

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%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naperville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Naperville are

82,197 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

82,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Naperville residents hold

68,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+14%

Jobs based in Naperville, 2013 → 2023: 71,930 → 82,197. 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.