Work & commute · Oakbrook Terrace

Work & commute in Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Most working residents leave Oakbrook Terrace for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (21%), Oak Brook (4%) and Villa Park (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,263 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,226 Oakbrook Terrace residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 17,503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakbrook Terrace.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

17,503work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakbrook Terrace goes to work

Chicago14.7 mi away

21%268

Oak Brook1.4 mi away

4%49

Villa Park2.3 mi away

3%43

Downers Grove4.9 mi away

3%39

Oakbrook Terrace (in town)right here

3%37

Lombard2.8 mi away

3%33

Schaumburg13.5 mi away

3%33

Naperville12.3 mi away

3%33

Elmhurst3.3 mi away

2%30

Addison5.7 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%669

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

How far

How far Oakbrook Terrace commutes

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

47%

45%

47%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakbrook Terrace is a job hub

13.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakbrook Terrace are

17,540 jobs are based in Oakbrook Terrace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakbrook Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakbrook Terrace

17,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Oakbrook Terrace residents hold

1,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+11%

Jobs based in Oakbrook Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 15,857 → 17,540. 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.

Work & commute in Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Oakbrook Terrace goes to work

How far Oakbrook Terrace commutes

Oakbrook Terrace is a job hub

What the jobs in Oakbrook Terrace are

Jobs based in Oakbrook Terrace

Jobs Oakbrook Terrace residents hold

How to read this page

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