Work & commute · Esmen

Work & commute in Esmen, IL

Most working residents leave Esmen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (24%), Streator (9%) and Normal (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Esmen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Esmen.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Esmen goes to work

Pontiac5.5 mi away

24%25

Streator14.9 mi away

9%9

Normal36.2 mi away

4%4

Bloomington38.3 mi away

4%4

Reading14.3 mi away

4%4

Urbana63.6 mi away

3%3

Springfield97.2 mi away

3%3

Fairbury16.6 mi away

2%2

North Utica33.3 mi away

2%2

Ottawa28.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%46

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

How far

How far Esmen commutes

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

26%

23%

24%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Esmen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Esmen are

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

Jobs based in Esmen

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Esmen residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−65%

Jobs based in Esmen, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 153. 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.