Work & commute · Kickapoo

Work & commute in Kickapoo, IL

Most working residents leave Kickapoo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (47%), Mossville (5%) and East Peoria (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 3,635 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,533 Kickapoo residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 2,735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kickapoo.

3,533live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

2,735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kickapoo goes to work

Peoria4.3 mi away

47%1,699

Mossville8.3 mi away

5%173

East Peoria9.6 mi away

3%123

Chicago128.9 mi away

3%115

Morton15.3 mi away

3%92

Bloomington42.6 mi away

2%63

Pekin12.9 mi away

2%62

Dunlap7 mi away

2%58

Springfield66.1 mi away

2%56

Limestone5.4 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,142

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

How far

How far Kickapoo commutes

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

61%

11%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kickapoo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kickapoo are

2,837 jobs are based in Kickapoo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kickapoo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kickapoo

2,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kickapoo residents hold

3,635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in Kickapoo, 2013 → 2023: 2,756 → 2,837. 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.