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 (15%), Morton (8%) and Normal (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 860 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 760 Mackinaw residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackinaw.

760live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackinaw goes to work

Peoria20.4 mi away

15%133

Mackinaw (in town)right here

12%100

Morton8 mi away

8%70

Normal19.1 mi away

4%36

Bloomington20.6 mi away

4%33

Chicago125.1 mi away

3%30

Deer Creek6.7 mi away

3%27

East Peoria13.8 mi away

3%26

Goodfield8.4 mi away

2%19

Pekin14.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%368

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.

32%

41%

25%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackinaw is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackinaw are

609 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

609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mackinaw residents hold

860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+4%

Jobs based in Mackinaw, 2013 → 2023: 585 → 609. 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.