Work & commute · Lacon

Work & commute in Lacon, IL

Most working residents leave Lacon for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (16%), Toluca (2%) and Chillicothe (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 842 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 742 Lacon residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lacon.

742live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lacon goes to work

Peoria21.7 mi away

16%137

Lacon (in town)right here

12%100

Toluca14.3 mi away

2%21

Chillicothe8.9 mi away

2%20

Mossville16.6 mi away

2%19

Lacon3.4 mi away

2%18

East Peoria25.2 mi away

2%17

Morton28.4 mi away

2%16

Henry7 mi away

2%15

Monmouth65 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%464

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

How far

How far Lacon commutes

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

23%

32%

18%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lacon is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lacon are

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

Jobs based in Lacon

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lacon residents hold

842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Lacon, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 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.