Photo: LincolnLogs · CC BY 4.0Bensenville draws 19,811 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 20,559 jobs in Bensenville for 8,321 working residents. Bensenville grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.7 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 Bensenville: the figures worth knowing
Bensenville is where the jobs are
Bensenville has 20,559 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 31,000 people are in town, 66% more than the 19,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bensenville draws workers from far and wide
The 20,559 jobs in Bensenville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 69% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Bensenville and Chicago trade workers both ways
Chicago is the top workplace for Bensenville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Bensenville come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Bensenville’s workers comes from Chicago
3,027 of the people who work in Bensenville live in Chicago, 16 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.
How Bensenville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bensenville is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #351 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Bensenville’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, 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, Bensenville could be anywhere from B to A−.
How a workday changes Bensenville
On a workday 7,573 residents head out to work and 748 work right here.
About 31,000 people are in Bensenville on a workday afternoon, 66% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bensenville, and from where
Where Bensenville clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
Bensenville works in goods: 34% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bensenville, 2013 → 2023: 19,435 → 20,559. 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 Bensenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bensenville, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bensenville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,878 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far Bensenville goes to work
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bensenville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bensenville is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #212 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Bensenville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,141 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 73% 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). 7.9% of Bensenville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bensenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bensenville places 889th of 1,915 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Ludlow MA | 21,279 | $85K | 6.8% | 4.9% | 11% | B+ |
| 888 | Calabasas CA | 22,027 | $165K | 8.8% | 10.6% | 7% | B+ |
| 889 | Bensenville IL | 18,525 | $80K | 7.6% | 5.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 890 | South St. Paul MN | 20,532 | $88K | 8.3% | 5.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 891 | Lawrence Township OH | 13,626 | $78K | 9.1% | 3.3% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Bensenville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Bensenville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Chicago (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bensenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bensenville | – | B+ | A− | 26 min | $79,515 |
| Wood Dale | 3% | A− | A− | 28 min | $91,382 |
| Elk Grove Village | 5% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $94,175 |
| Addison Township | under 2% | A− | A | 26 min | $90,991 |
| Chicago | 16% | B− | A+ | 33 min | $77,902 |
| Franklin Park | 2% | B | A | 29 min | $76,519 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bensenville’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 Bensenville: questions
What is the median household income in Bensenville?
$79,515 (±$5,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bensenville?
7.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bensenville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bensenville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (16%, 16 mi), Elk Grove Village (5%, 4 mi), Elmhurst (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bensenville walkable?
Bensenville is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bensenville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bensenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bensenville
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.