Work & commute · Ladd

Work & commute in Ladd, IL

Most working residents leave Ladd for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spring Valley (17%), Peru (15%) and LaSalle (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 519 Ladd residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladd.

519live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladd goes to work

Spring Valley4.3 mi away

17%87

Peru4.3 mi away

15%77

LaSalle6.9 mi away

5%25

Ottawa20.4 mi away

4%23

Princeton12.9 mi away

3%14

Peoria48.3 mi away

3%14

Monmouth81 mi away

2%11

Oglesby9.6 mi away

2%11

Rock Island71.3 mi away

2%10

Chicago85 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%245

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

How far

How far Ladd commutes

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

46%

13%

31%

46%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladd is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladd are

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

Jobs based in Ladd

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ladd residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Ladd, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 138. 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.