Work & commute · Cincinnati

Work & commute in Cincinnati, IL

Most working residents leave Cincinnati for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pekin (20%), Peoria (19%) and Morton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 3,417 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,195 Cincinnati residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 1,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cincinnati.

3,195live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

1,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cincinnati goes to work

Pekin4.1 mi away

20%686

Peoria16.3 mi away

19%651

Morton12.3 mi away

6%189

East Peoria12.4 mi away

5%163

Bloomington36.5 mi away

4%123

Normal35.2 mi away

3%103

Chicago137.4 mi away

3%98

Cincinnati (in town)right here

2%68

Limestone10.5 mi away

2%60

Bartonville8.6 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,220

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

How far

How far Cincinnati commutes

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

34%

32%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cincinnati is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cincinnati are

2,105 jobs are based in Cincinnati. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cincinnati’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cincinnati

2,105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Cincinnati residents hold

3,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Cincinnati, 2013 → 2023: 2,622 → 2,105. 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.