Work & commute · Willowbrook

Work & commute in Willowbrook, IL

Most working residents leave Willowbrook for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (26%), Downers Grove (4%) and Naperville (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 4,157 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,053 Willowbrook residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 6,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willowbrook.

4,053live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

6,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willowbrook goes to work

Chicago14.1 mi away

26%1,063

Downers Grove4.5 mi away

4%154

Naperville11.4 mi away

3%125

Oak Brook4.8 mi away

3%117

Willowbrook (in town)right here

3%104

Westmont2.4 mi away

2%95

Burr Ridge1.8 mi away

2%89

Hinsdale2.4 mi away

2%81

Bolingbrook10.2 mi away

2%77

Darien2.5 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,176

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.

38%

53%

38%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willowbrook is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Willowbrook are

6,745 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

6,745 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Willowbrook residents hold

4,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+3%

Jobs based in Willowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 6,571 → 6,745. 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.