Work & commute · Proviso

Work & commute in Proviso, IL

Most working residents leave Proviso for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Melrose Park (3%) and Maywood (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

8,895 of 66,250 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 57,355 Proviso residents head out of town to work, 8,895 work right here, and 68,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Proviso.

57,355live here, work elsewhere

8,895live and work here

68,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Proviso goes to work

Chicago9.8 mi away

30%19,551

Melrose Park2.7 mi away

3%2,024

Maywood1.7 mi away

2%1,585

Oak Brook4.7 mi away

2%1,412

Elk Grove Village11.5 mi away

2%1,345

Elmhurst4.3 mi away

2%1,311

Downers Grove9.1 mi away

2%1,192

Oak Park4.5 mi away

2%1,159

Addison8.4 mi away

1%949

Des Plaines11.8 mi away

1%900

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%34,822

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

How far

How far Proviso commutes

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

53%

40%

53%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Proviso is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Proviso are

77,151 jobs are based in Proviso. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Proviso’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Proviso

77,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Proviso residents hold

66,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Proviso, 2013 → 2023: 66,550 → 77,151. 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.