Work & commute · Iroquois

Work & commute in Iroquois, IL

Most working residents leave Iroquois for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Watseka (15%), Bradley (8%) and Kankakee (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 52 Iroquois residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iroquois.

52live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iroquois goes to work

Watseka8.5 mi away

15%8

Bradley26.9 mi away

8%4

Kankakee23.8 mi away

8%4

Peoria106.5 mi away

8%4

Donovan4.2 mi away

4%2

Bourbonnais28.9 mi away

4%2

University Park43.2 mi away

4%2

Beaverville10.1 mi away

4%2

Iroquois (in town)right here

2%1

Georgetown58.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%23

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

How far

How far Iroquois commutes

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

26%

11%

26%

36%

26%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iroquois is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Iroquois are

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

Jobs based in Iroquois

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Iroquois residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.