Work & commute · Ganeer

Work & commute in Ganeer, IL

Most working residents leave Ganeer for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Momence (13%), Kankakee (11%) and Chicago (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

150 of 1,455 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,305 Ganeer residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 1,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ganeer.

1,305live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

1,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ganeer goes to work

Momence2.4 mi away

13%191

Kankakee9 mi away

11%155

Chicago46.9 mi away

8%112

Bourbonnais9 mi away

6%81

Bradley7.2 mi away

5%80

Momence6.2 mi away

5%68

Manteno9.3 mi away

3%38

Joliet33.6 mi away

2%22

Manteno9.4 mi away

1%19

Watseka26.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%673

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

How far

How far Ganeer commutes

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

39%

18%

20%

23%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ganeer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ganeer are

1,437 jobs are based in Ganeer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ganeer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ganeer

1,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ganeer residents hold

1,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Ganeer, 2013 → 2023: 1,200 → 1,437. 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.