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Work & commute · Woodridge

Work & commute in Woodridge, IL

Most working residents leave Woodridge for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Naperville (6%) and Downers Grove (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
821 of 16,322 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 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 15,501 Woodridge residents head out of town to work, 821 work right here, and 15,878 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodridge.

15,501live here, work elsewhere
821live and work here
15,878work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Woodridge goes to work

DarienLisleOak BrookLombardWoodridgeLemontDowners GrovePlainfieldBolingbrookSchaumburgRomeovilleAuroraNapervilleChicagoJolietDowners GroveLemontChicagoNapervilleDowners GroveBolingbrookLisleOak BrookLombardSchaumburgAuroraWoodridge
1
Chicago19.7 mi away
19%3,095
2
Naperville6.1 mi away
6%1,012
3
Downers Grove4.2 mi away
6%921
4
Woodridge (in town)right here
5%821
5
Bolingbrook4.8 mi away
4%650
6
Lisle4.4 mi away
2%408
7
Oak Brook8.3 mi away
2%365
8
Lombard9.5 mi away
2%299
9
Schaumburg20.2 mi away
2%299
10
Aurora12.8 mi away
2%299
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%8,153

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

How far

How far Woodridge commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Woodridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodridge are

16,699 jobs are based in Woodridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodridge

16,699 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Woodridge residents hold

16,322 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+43%

Jobs based in Woodridge, 2013 → 2023: 11,637 → 16,699. 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.

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