Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, IL

Most working residents leave Limestone for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (24%), Bradley (9%) and Bourbonnais (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,374 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,318 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

2,318live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limestone goes to work

Kankakee5.3 mi away

24%564

Bradley6.3 mi away

9%216

Bourbonnais5.6 mi away

8%194

Chicago50.9 mi away

7%178

Herscher9.2 mi away

2%45

Joliet28.5 mi away

2%43

Limestone (in town)right here

2%36

Manteno10.5 mi away

1%33

Manteno10.1 mi away

1%31

Momence15.6 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,014

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

How far

How far Limestone commutes

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

49%

10%

18%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

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

Jobs based in Limestone

303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

2,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−30%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 303. 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.