Work & commute · Clifton

Work & commute in Clifton, IL

Most working residents leave Clifton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (17%), Bradley (7%) and Bourbonnais (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 580 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 544 Clifton residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton.

544live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton goes to work

Kankakee12.1 mi away

17%96

Bradley16.5 mi away

7%38

Clifton (in town)right here

6%36

Bourbonnais17.4 mi away

5%30

Chicago63.7 mi away

3%19

Watseka15.3 mi away

2%13

Peoria88.9 mi away

2%13

Chebanse4.7 mi away

2%12

St. Anne12.9 mi away

2%11

Herscher11.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%301

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

How far

How far Clifton commutes

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

14%

45%

10%

31%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton are

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

Jobs based in Clifton

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Clifton residents hold

580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−31%

Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 236. 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.