Work & commute · Willowbrook

Work & commute in Willowbrook, IL

Most working residents leave Willowbrook for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), South Holland (4%) and Chicago Heights (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 491 Willowbrook residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willowbrook.

491live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willowbrook goes to work

Chicago28 mi away

19%94

South Holland11 mi away

4%20

Chicago Heights6.9 mi away

3%13

Crete4.2 mi away

3%13

Crete4.8 mi away

2%10

Joliet32.3 mi away

2%10

Homewood10.2 mi away

2%9

Oak Lawn21.7 mi away

2%9

Park Forest8.4 mi away

2%8

Lansing8.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%298

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

How far

How far Willowbrook commutes

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

19%

26%

42%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willowbrook is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willowbrook are

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

Jobs based in Willowbrook

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Willowbrook residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+45%

Jobs based in Willowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 16. 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.