Work & commute · Indian Point

Work & commute in Indian Point, IL

Most working residents leave Indian Point for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (26%), Peoria (13%) and Abingdon (10%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 577 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 551 Indian Point residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Point.

551live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Point goes to work

Galesburg12.8 mi away

26%148

Peoria40.6 mi away

13%75

Abingdon2.7 mi away

10%59

Chicago158.8 mi away

3%20

Monmouth16.7 mi away

2%13

Bloomington77.2 mi away

1%8

Davenport, IA55.8 mi away

1%8

Dixon88.3 mi away

1%5

Moline49.8 mi away

1%5

East Peoria44.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%231

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

How far

How far Indian Point commutes

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

18%

28%

21%

34%

18%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Point is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Point are

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

Jobs based in Indian Point

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Indian Point residents hold

577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−9%

Jobs based in Indian Point, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 194. 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.