Work & commute · Norwood Park

Work & commute in Norwood Park, IL

Most working residents leave Norwood Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (36%), Norridge (4%) and Park Ridge (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

842 of 12,296 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,454 Norwood Park residents head out of town to work, 842 work right here, and 8,980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwood Park.

11,454live here, work elsewhere

842live and work here

8,980work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwood Park goes to work

Chicago11.4 mi away

36%4,409

Norridge0.4 mi away

4%461

Park Ridge3.2 mi away

3%376

Des Plaines6.2 mi away

3%368

Harwood Heights0.7 mi away

3%326

Elk Grove Village9.3 mi away

2%279

Schaumburg14.3 mi away

2%231

Rosemont3.1 mi away

2%207

Skokie6.1 mi away

2%205

Niles4.1 mi away

2%198

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,236

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

How far

How far Norwood Park commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwood Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwood Park are

9,822 jobs are based in Norwood Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwood Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwood Park

9,822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Norwood Park residents hold

12,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+12%

Jobs based in Norwood Park, 2013 → 2023: 8,773 → 9,822. 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.