Work & commute · Westmont

Work & commute in Westmont, IL

Most working residents leave Westmont for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (24%), Downers Grove (5%) and Naperville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

577 of 11,536 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,959 Westmont residents head out of town to work, 577 work right here, and 12,760 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmont.

10,959live here, work elsewhere

577live and work here

12,760work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmont goes to work

Chicago15.1 mi away

24%2,713

Downers Grove2.5 mi away

5%621

Westmont (in town)right here

5%577

Naperville10.2 mi away

4%420

Oak Brook3.1 mi away

3%344

Hinsdale2.3 mi away

2%242

Lombard5.9 mi away

2%185

Elmhurst7.2 mi away

2%184

Bolingbrook10.2 mi away

2%179

Burr Ridge4.2 mi away

1%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,905

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

How far

How far Westmont commutes

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

42%

50%

42%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmont are

13,337 jobs are based in Westmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westmont

13,337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Westmont residents hold

11,536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in Westmont, 2013 → 2023: 12,041 → 13,337. 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.