Work & commute · Emmet

Work & commute in Emmet, IL

Most working residents leave Emmet for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (50%), Peoria (3%) and Colchester (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 537 Emmet residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmet.

537live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmet goes to work

Macomb4.3 mi away

50%275

Peoria61.9 mi away

3%19

Colchester5.8 mi away

3%18

Emmet (in town)right here

2%11

Carthage20.7 mi away

2%9

Galesburg36.6 mi away

2%9

Chicago184.2 mi away

2%9

Quincy51.5 mi away

1%6

East Peoria64.5 mi away

1%6

Canton37.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%181

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

How far

How far Emmet commutes

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

59%

28%

59%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmet is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmet are

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

Jobs based in Emmet

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Emmet residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+655%

Jobs based in Emmet, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 166. 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.