Work & commute · Villa Park

Work & commute in Villa Park, IL

Most working residents leave Villa Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Elmhurst (4%) and Lombard (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

533 of 11,145 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,612 Villa Park residents head out of town to work, 533 work right here, and 9,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Villa Park.

10,612live here, work elsewhere

533live and work here

9,299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Villa Park goes to work

Chicago15.5 mi away

19%2,134

Villa Park (in town)right here

5%533

Elmhurst1.9 mi away

4%490

Lombard2.1 mi away

4%481

Addison3.5 mi away

3%389

Oak Brook3.6 mi away

3%359

Downers Grove6.6 mi away

3%327

Elk Grove Village8.3 mi away

2%275

Schaumburg11.3 mi away

2%261

Naperville13.4 mi away

2%237

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,659

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

How far

How far Villa Park commutes

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

52%

41%

52%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Villa Park is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Villa Park are

9,832 jobs are based in Villa Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Villa Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Villa Park

9,832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Villa Park residents hold

11,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Villa Park, 2013 → 2023: 8,748 → 9,832. 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.