Work & commute · Willow Springs

Work & commute in Willow Springs, IL

Most working residents leave Willow Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (29%), Burr Ridge (3%) and Downers Grove (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 2,718 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,660 Willow Springs residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Springs.

2,660live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willow Springs goes to work

Chicago12.5 mi away

29%790

Burr Ridge2.1 mi away

3%73

Downers Grove8.2 mi away

2%59

Willow Springs (in town)right here

2%58

Oak Brook7.9 mi away

2%56

Oak Lawn6.9 mi away

2%47

La Grange5.1 mi away

2%42

Hinsdale5.1 mi away

2%42

Cicero10 mi away

2%41

Countryside2.8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,470

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

How far

How far Willow Springs commutes

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

42%

51%

42%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Springs is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Springs are

1,115 jobs are based in Willow Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willow Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willow Springs

1,115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Willow Springs residents hold

2,718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+2%

Jobs based in Willow Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1,098 → 1,115. 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.