Work & commute · Chillicothe

Work & commute in Chillicothe, IL

Most working residents leave Chillicothe for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (33%), Chillicothe (14%) and Mossville (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

551 of 3,652 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,101 Chillicothe residents head out of town to work, 551 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chillicothe.

3,101live here, work elsewhere

551live and work here

1,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chillicothe goes to work

Peoria13.8 mi away

33%1,199

Chillicothe1 mi away

14%527

Mossville8.7 mi away

4%163

East Peoria17.9 mi away

3%124

Morton21.8 mi away

2%82

Chicago112.9 mi away

2%82

Bloomington41.7 mi away

2%77

Normal38.6 mi away

2%76

Peoria Heights13.2 mi away

1%42

Limestone20.7 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,239

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

How far

How far Chillicothe commutes

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

27%

45%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chillicothe is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chillicothe are

1,696 jobs are based in Chillicothe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chillicothe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chillicothe

1,696 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Chillicothe residents hold

3,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Chillicothe, 2013 → 2023: 1,859 → 1,696. 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.