Work & commute · Norridge

Work & commute in Norridge, IL

Most working residents leave Norridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (34%), Des Plaines (3%) and Elk Grove Village (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

367 of 6,648 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 6,281 Norridge residents head out of town to work, 367 work right here, and 4,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norridge.

6,281live here, work elsewhere

367live and work here

4,850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norridge goes to work

Chicago11.3 mi away

34%2,260

Norridge (in town)right here

6%367

Des Plaines6.3 mi away

3%206

Elk Grove Village9.1 mi away

2%160

Harwood Heights0.9 mi away

2%159

Rosemont3 mi away

2%124

Park Ridge3.5 mi away

2%124

Schaumburg14.2 mi away

2%123

Skokie6.6 mi away

1%96

Niles4.5 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,936

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

How far

How far Norridge commutes

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

54%

38%

54%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norridge are

5,217 jobs are based in Norridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norridge

5,217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Norridge residents hold

6,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in Norridge, 2013 → 2023: 5,470 → 5,217. 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.