Work & commute · Akron

Work & commute in Akron, IL

Most working residents leave Akron for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (30%), Princeville (13%) and Morton (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 422 Akron residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Akron.

422live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Akron goes to work

Peoria12.8 mi away

30%138

Princeville3.5 mi away

13%58

Morton24.6 mi away

3%13

Chicago121.4 mi away

3%13

East Peoria19.2 mi away

2%10

Bloomington48.9 mi away

2%10

Normal46.1 mi away

2%9

Akron (in town)right here

2%9

Medina7.9 mi away

2%9

Mossville9.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%183

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

How far

How far Akron commutes

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

22%

46%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Akron is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Akron are

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

Jobs based in Akron

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Akron residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+23%

Jobs based in Akron, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 243. 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.