Work & commute · Ridgewood

Work & commute in Ridgewood, IL

Most working residents leave Ridgewood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (15%), Chicago (12%) and Bolingbrook (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 1,119 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,116 Ridgewood residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgewood.

1,116live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgewood goes to work

Joliet5.5 mi away

15%163

Chicago27.9 mi away

12%139

Bolingbrook11 mi away

6%69

New Lenox4.1 mi away

4%46

Romeoville7.1 mi away

4%40

Naperville16.1 mi away

2%25

Lockport4 mi away

2%23

Aurora20.3 mi away

2%19

Channahon13.7 mi away

1%16

Downers Grove18.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%563

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

How far

How far Ridgewood commutes

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

34%

31%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgewood is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgewood are

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

Jobs based in Ridgewood

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ridgewood residents hold

1,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+50%

Jobs based in Ridgewood, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 30. 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.