Work & commute · Copley

Work & commute in Copley, IL

Most working residents leave Copley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (21%), Peoria (7%) and Oneida (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 146 Copley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copley.

146live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copley goes to work

Galesburg12.9 mi away

21%31

Peoria33.7 mi away

7%10

Oneida5 mi away

5%8

Davenport, IA43.6 mi away

3%5

Wataga6.5 mi away

2%3

Altona6.2 mi away

2%3

Kewanee18.8 mi away

2%3

Dixon66.4 mi away

2%3

Peru57.4 mi away

2%3

Springfield89.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%76

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

How far

How far Copley commutes

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

17%

28%

23%

32%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copley is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copley are

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

Jobs based in Copley

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Copley residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Copley, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 67. 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.