Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, IL

Most working residents leave Limestone for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (35%), Bartonville (6%) and East Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

938 of 7,909 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,971 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 938 work right here, and 5,559 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

6,971live here, work elsewhere

938live and work here

5,559work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limestone goes to work

Peoria6.9 mi away

35%2,807

Bartonville2.5 mi away

6%503

Limestone (in town)right here

5%371

East Peoria7.7 mi away

5%370

Morton12.4 mi away

4%340

Pekin7.7 mi away

4%285

Chicago131.8 mi away

3%235

Bloomington40.1 mi away

2%180

Normal38.1 mi away

2%134

Springfield60.7 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,561

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.

57%

16%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

6,497 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

6,497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

7,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 6,819 → 6,497. 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.