Work & commute · El Paso

Work & commute in El Paso, IL

Most working residents leave El Paso for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (21%), Normal (10%) and Peoria (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

225 of 1,238 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,013 El Paso residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 1,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Paso.

1,013live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

1,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Paso goes to work

Bloomington18.5 mi away

21%259

El Paso (in town)right here

18%225

Normal15.3 mi away

10%129

Peoria31.4 mi away

4%49

Eureka13.7 mi away

4%46

Chicago102.6 mi away

2%24

El Paso2.6 mi away

2%23

Minonk11.8 mi away

2%21

Springfield73.4 mi away

1%18

East Peoria27.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%430

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

How far

How far El Paso commutes

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

23%

46%

10%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Paso is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in El Paso are

1,310 jobs are based in El Paso. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Paso’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Paso

1,310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs El Paso residents hold

1,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2%

Jobs based in El Paso, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,310. 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.