Work & commute · Riverside

Work & commute in Riverside, IL

Most working residents leave Riverside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (39%), Maywood (2%) and Oak Brook (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

173 of 4,459 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,286 Riverside residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 1,241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverside.

4,286live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

1,241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverside goes to work

Chicago6.8 mi away

39%1,748

Riverside (in town)right here

4%173

Maywood3.7 mi away

2%79

Oak Brook7.1 mi away

2%76

Oak Park4.1 mi away

2%69

Cicero3.1 mi away

1%66

Schaumburg19.4 mi away

1%65

Downers Grove10.9 mi away

1%63

Berwyn1.5 mi away

1%59

Brookfield1.7 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,005

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 a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverside are

1,414 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

1,414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Riverside residents hold

4,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−2%

Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 1,442 → 1,414. 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.