Photo: User:BillboardMister · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Addison have higher incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Addison B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. The poverty rate is 8.7%, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Addison, in a few figures
Addison draws workers from far and wide
The 25,187 jobs in Addison are filled from a wide area. Addison’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Addison is where the jobs are
Addison has 25,187 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Addison’s workers comes from Chicago
2,733 of the people who work in Addison live in Chicago, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Addison’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Addison is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #295 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Addison’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Addison could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Addison’s workforce comes from
Where Addison clocks in
14% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who leaves Addison for work, and who comes in
On a workday 14,869 residents head out to work, 1,592 work right here, and 23,595 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44,000 people are in Addison on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 30% of Addison’s jobs are in goods
25,187 jobs are based in Addison.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Addison, 2013 → 2023: 23,919 → 25,187. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Addison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Addison spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Addison workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,100 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Addison
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Addison is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Addison is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #240 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 19,532 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of Addison households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Addison’s commuters take a bus or train.
Addison places 521st of 1,219 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 519 | North Brunswick Township NJ | 45,097 | $121K | 6.9% | 7.2% | 7% | A− |
| 520 | York Township PA | 31,479 | $80K | 7.5% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| 521 | Addison IL | 35,758 | $90K | 8.7% | 4.7% | 10% | B+ |
| 522 | Bedford TX | 47,958 | $84K | 7.3% | 4.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 523 | Bella Vista AR | 34,518 | $88K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Addison, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Addison: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Elmhurst (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Addison workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison | – | B+ | A− | 26 min | $90,431 |
| Lombard | 2% | A− | A | 26 min | $100,362 |
| Bloomingdale | under 2% | A | A− | 27 min | $102,928 |
| Villa Park | under 2% | A | A | 27 min | $95,015 |
| Wood Dale | 2% | A− | A− | 28 min | $91,382 |
| Elmhurst | 3% | A | A+ | 29 min | $149,644 |
| Glendale Heights | under 2% | B | A− | 27 min | $86,545 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Addison’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Addison: questions
What is the median household income in Addison?
$90,431 (±$4,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Addison?
8.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Addison?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Addison work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 18 mi), Elk Grove Village (4%, 5 mi), Schaumburg (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Addison walkable?
Addison is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Addison without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Addison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Addison
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.