Work & commute · LaSalle

Work & commute in LaSalle, IL

Most working residents leave LaSalle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (17%), Ottawa (7%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

468 of 4,291 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,823 LaSalle residents head out of town to work, 468 work right here, and 2,859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaSalle.

3,823live here, work elsewhere

468live and work here

2,859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaSalle goes to work

Peru2.6 mi away

17%730

LaSalle (in town)right here

11%468

Ottawa14.3 mi away

7%297

Chicago80.8 mi away

4%164

Oglesby3.2 mi away

3%134

Spring Valley4.5 mi away

3%132

Mendota15.3 mi away

2%107

Peoria48.6 mi away

2%99

Princeton19.3 mi away

2%74

Aurora51.2 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,030

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

How far

How far LaSalle commutes

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

39%

18%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaSalle 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 LaSalle are

3,327 jobs are based in LaSalle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs LaSalle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LaSalle

3,327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs LaSalle residents hold

4,291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−4%

Jobs based in LaSalle, 2013 → 2023: 3,481 → 3,327. 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.