Work & commute · Fall River

Work & commute in Fall River, IL

Most working residents leave Fall River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (17%), Streator (4%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 385 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 383 Fall River residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fall River.

383live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fall River goes to work

TolucaWest PeoriaOglesbySenecaStreatorMarseillesPeruLaSalleMorrisWest ChicagoOttawaNapervilleChicagoJolietBrookfieldSouth OttawaRutlandFall RiverGrand RapidsOttawaStreatorChicagoJolietPeruBrookfieldLaSalleMorrisNapervilleMarseillesFall River
1
Ottawa4.5 mi away
17%66
2
Streator12.7 mi away
4%14
3
Chicago67.2 mi away
4%14
4
Joliet35.5 mi away
3%12
5
Peru19.4 mi away
3%11
6
Brookfield7.1 mi away
3%11
7
LaSalle17.1 mi away
3%10
8
Morris18.8 mi away
2%9
9
Naperville44.1 mi away
2%9
10
Marseilles5 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%221

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

How far

How far Fall River commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fall River is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fall River are

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

Jobs based in Fall River

13 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less46%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Fall River residents hold

385 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−77%

Jobs based in Fall River, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 13. 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.

The door’s open

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Fall River, ILLaSalle CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Fall River is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01