Work & commute · Elm Grove

Work & commute in Elm Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Elm Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (20%), Pekin (14%) and Morton (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 1,367 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,268 Elm Grove residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm Grove.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elm Grove goes to work

Peoria16.1 mi away

20%279

Pekin4.9 mi away

14%196

Morton7.6 mi away

10%132

Tremont3.2 mi away

6%77

Bloomington30.7 mi away

4%55

East Peoria10.3 mi away

4%50

Chicago132.8 mi away

2%33

Normal29.3 mi away

2%26

Elm Grove (in town)right here

2%23

Springfield50.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%476

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

How far

How far Elm Grove commutes

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

37%

34%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elm Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm Grove are

1,936 jobs are based in Elm Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elm Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elm Grove

1,936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Elm Grove residents hold

1,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−15%

Jobs based in Elm Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,274 → 1,936. 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.