Work & commute · North Riverside

Work & commute in North Riverside, IL

Most working residents leave North Riverside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Maywood (3%) and Cicero (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 3,533 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,450 North Riverside residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 3,569 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Riverside.

3,450live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

3,569work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Riverside goes to work

Chicago7.3 mi away

30%1,048

Maywood2.5 mi away

3%115

Cicero3.4 mi away

3%106

Oak Brook6.6 mi away

2%87

Berwyn1.8 mi away

2%84

North Riverside (in town)right here

2%83

Broadview1.8 mi away

2%75

Downers Grove10.6 mi away

2%59

Oak Park3.4 mi away

2%56

Forest Park1.6 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,771

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

How far

How far North Riverside commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Riverside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Riverside are

3,652 jobs are based in North Riverside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Riverside

3,652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs North Riverside residents hold

3,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−26%

Jobs based in North Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 4,950 → 3,652. 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.