Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, IL

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (28%), Bedford Park (3%) and Hodgkins (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

263 of 4,290 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 4,027 Summit residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 3,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

4,027live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

3,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Chicago7.4 mi away

28%1,221

Summit (in town)right here

6%263

Bedford Park2.6 mi away

3%111

Hodgkins2.9 mi away

2%73

Bridgeview3.4 mi away

2%66

Cicero4.8 mi away

1%62

Bolingbrook16.7 mi away

1%61

Downers Grove10.7 mi away

1%60

Oak Brook7.9 mi away

1%52

Naperville18.2 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,271

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

3,510 jobs are based in Summit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summit

3,510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Summit residents hold

4,290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Summit, 2013 → 2023: 3,592 → 3,510. 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.