Work & commute · Park Ridge

Work & commute in Park Ridge, IL

Most working residents leave Park Ridge for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (33%), Des Plaines (4%) and Schaumburg (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,733 of 17,817 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

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,084 Park Ridge residents head out of town to work, 1,733 work right here, and 15,861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Ridge.

16,084live here, work elsewhere

1,733live and work here

15,861work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Ridge goes to work

Chicago14.6 mi away

33%5,881

Park Ridge (in town)right here

10%1,733

Des Plaines3.3 mi away

4%668

Schaumburg12.4 mi away

2%407

Skokie5.6 mi away

2%395

Elk Grove Village7.6 mi away

2%373

Niles2 mi away

2%353

Glenview5.1 mi away

2%338

Evanston8 mi away

2%329

Rosemont2.1 mi away

2%327

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%7,013

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

How far

How far Park Ridge commutes

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

50%

43%

50%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Ridge are

17,594 jobs are based in Park Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park Ridge

17,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Park Ridge residents hold

17,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+4%

Jobs based in Park Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 16,861 → 17,594. 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.