Work & commute · Riverside

Work & commute in Riverside, IL

Most working residents leave Riverside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (36%), Riverside (3%) and Cicero (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 7,927 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 7,529 Riverside residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 5,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverside.

7,529live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

5,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverside goes to work

Chicago7.2 mi away

36%2,871

Riverside0.5 mi away

3%229

Cicero3.5 mi away

2%172

Maywood3.4 mi away

2%168

Oak Brook6.6 mi away

2%165

Brookfield1.3 mi away

2%146

Berwyn1.9 mi away

2%136

Oak Park4.2 mi away

2%126

Downers Grove10.4 mi away

2%122

Schaumburg19 mi away

1%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,685

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

How far

How far Riverside commutes

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

52%

40%

52%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverside are

6,156 jobs are based in Riverside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverside

6,156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Riverside residents hold

7,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−21%

Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 7,763 → 6,156. 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.