Work & commute · East Peoria

Work & commute in East Peoria, IL

Most working residents leave East Peoria for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (30%), Morton (7%) and Pekin (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,215 of 10,034 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 8,819 East Peoria residents head out of town to work, 1,215 work right here, and 10,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Peoria.

8,819live here, work elsewhere

1,215live and work here

10,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Peoria goes to work

Peoria6.7 mi away

30%3,011

East Peoria (in town)right here

12%1,215

Morton5.7 mi away

7%714

Pekin8.3 mi away

4%365

Bloomington33 mi away

4%353

Washington6.2 mi away

3%278

Normal30.8 mi away

3%262

Chicago125.6 mi away

3%259

Mossville10.1 mi away

2%159

Washington6.9 mi away

1%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,273

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

How far

How far East Peoria commutes

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

61%

10%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Peoria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Peoria are

11,462 jobs are based in East Peoria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Peoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Peoria

11,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs East Peoria residents hold

10,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−49%

Jobs based in East Peoria, 2013 → 2023: 22,602 → 11,462. 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.