Work & commute · Cherry

Work & commute in Cherry, IL

Most working residents leave Cherry for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (9%), Mendota (7%) and Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 Cherry residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry.

186live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry goes to work

Peru6.3 mi away

9%16

Mendota10.6 mi away

7%13

Peoria51.3 mi away

5%10

Princeton13.4 mi away

5%9

Macomb101.3 mi away

3%6

Chicago83.8 mi away

3%6

Ohio15.5 mi away

3%5

Dixon31.8 mi away

3%5

North Utica11.3 mi away

2%4

Galesburg68.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%109

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

How far

How far Cherry commutes

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

19%

31%

14%

36%

19%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry are

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

Jobs based in Cherry

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cherry residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+0%

Jobs based in Cherry, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 24. 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.