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Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, IL

Most working residents leave Limestone for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (23%), Bradley (9%) and Bourbonnais (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 716 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 709 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

709live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
80work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Limestone goes to work

HerscherLimestoneMantenoBradleyBourbonnaisKankakeeChicagoJolietSalinaCusterMantenoKankakeeLimestoneBourbonnaisAromaOttoKankakeeBradleyBourbonnaisChicagoJolietHerscherMantenoMantenoLimestoneBourbonnaisLimestone
1
Kankakee5.6 mi away
23%162
2
Bradley6.4 mi away
9%65
3
Bourbonnais5.5 mi away
8%58
4
Chicago50.7 mi away
7%52
5
Joliet28.2 mi away
3%18
6
Herscher9.2 mi away
2%16
7
Manteno10.4 mi away
2%14
8
Manteno10 mi away
1%10
9
Limestone0.3 mi away
1%10
10
Bourbonnais6 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%301

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%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

87 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

87 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

716 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−54%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 87. 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.

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