Work & commute · Oak Brook

Work & commute in Oak Brook, IL

Most working residents leave Oak Brook for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (22%), Downers Grove (4%) and Elmhurst (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

220 of 3,184 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,964 Oak Brook residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 42,489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Brook.

2,964live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

42,489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Brook goes to work

Chicago13.8 mi away

22%702

Oak Brook (in town)right here

7%220

Downers Grove4.5 mi away

4%132

Elmhurst4.2 mi away

3%92

Westmont3.1 mi away

3%89

Oakbrook Terrace1.4 mi away

3%88

Schaumburg14.9 mi away

2%77

Naperville12.3 mi away

2%77

Lombard4.1 mi away

2%55

Hinsdale2.8 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,604

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

How far

How far Oak Brook commutes

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

44%

48%

44%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Brook is a job hub

13.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Brook are

42,709 jobs are based in Oak Brook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Brook

42,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Oak Brook residents hold

3,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+15%

Jobs based in Oak Brook, 2013 → 2023: 37,101 → 42,709. 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.