Work & commute · Cruger

Work & commute in Cruger, IL

Most working residents leave Cruger for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (18%), Peoria (13%) and Normal (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 764 Cruger residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cruger.

764live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cruger goes to work

Eureka1.5 mi away

18%143

Peoria17.3 mi away

13%108

Normal20 mi away

6%46

Bloomington22.9 mi away

5%44

Goodfield4.9 mi away

5%43

Morton10.7 mi away

3%26

Montgomery5.1 mi away

3%25

Washington7.3 mi away

3%23

East Peoria13.1 mi away

3%21

Chicago114.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%307

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

How far

How far Cruger commutes

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

38%

39%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cruger is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cruger are

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

Jobs based in Cruger

607 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Cruger residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+16%

Jobs based in Cruger, 2013 → 2023: 522 → 607. 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.