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Work & commute · Elmwood

Work & commute in Elmwood, IL

Most working residents leave Elmwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (34%), Farmington (6%) and East Peoria (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
54 of 881 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 827 Elmwood residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmwood.

827live here, work elsewhere
54live and work here
256work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elmwood goes to work

ElmwoodFarmingtonBartonvilleCantonMortonEast PeoriaBloomingtonChicagoPeoriaSalemElmwoodTrivoliRosefieldMossvilleTrivoliLake CamelotPeoriaFarmingtonEast PeoriaBartonvilleCantonChicagoBloomingtonMossvilleMortonElmwood
1
Peoria18.4 mi away
34%301
2
Farmington6.1 mi away
6%56
3
Elmwood (in town)right here
6%54
4
East Peoria23.3 mi away
4%37
5
Bartonville18.7 mi away
2%20
6
Canton15.4 mi away
2%20
7
Chicago139.1 mi away
2%20
8
Bloomington56.3 mi away
2%18
9
Mossville20.9 mi away
2%18
10
Morton28.6 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%320

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

How far

How far Elmwood commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
56%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elmwood is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmwood are

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

Jobs based in Elmwood

310 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Elmwood residents hold

881 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−4%

Jobs based in Elmwood, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 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.

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