Work & commute · Indian Prairie

Work & commute in Indian Prairie, IL

Most working residents leave Indian Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Flora (16%), Fairfield (12%) and Mount Vernon (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 259 Indian Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Prairie.

259live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Prairie goes to work

Flora10.5 mi away

16%41

Fairfield12.7 mi away

12%31

Mount Vernon25.4 mi away

7%18

Salem24.5 mi away

4%11

Big Mound15.1 mi away

3%9

Cisne4.9 mi away

3%8

Olney27.9 mi away

3%7

Louisville17.3 mi away

2%6

Albion27.3 mi away

2%6

Effingham41.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%116

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

How far

How far Indian Prairie commutes

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

12%

39%

25%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Prairie is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Indian Prairie

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Indian Prairie residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+150%

Jobs based in Indian Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 5. 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.