Work & commute · Mackinaw

Work & commute in Mackinaw, IL

Most working residents leave Mackinaw for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (17%), Mackinaw (10%) and Morton (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

205 of 1,770 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,565 Mackinaw residents head out of town to work, 205 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackinaw.

1,565live here, work elsewhere

205live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackinaw goes to work

Peoria21.5 mi away

17%304

Mackinaw1.5 mi away

10%182

Morton9.3 mi away

9%161

Normal17.6 mi away

4%67

Deer Creek6.8 mi away

3%59

Bloomington19.2 mi away

3%59

East Peoria15 mi away

3%56

Pekin15.8 mi away

3%54

Chicago124.2 mi away

3%51

Goodfield7.7 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%738

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

How far

How far Mackinaw commutes

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

31%

45%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackinaw is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackinaw are

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

Jobs based in Mackinaw

671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mackinaw residents hold

1,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Mackinaw, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 671. 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.