Work & commute · Mark

Work & commute in Mark, IL

Most working residents leave Mark for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Granville (8%), Peru (7%) and Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 210 Mark residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mark.

210live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mark goes to work

Granville1.3 mi away

8%17

Peru8.9 mi away

7%16

Peoria40 mi away

5%11

Spring Valley5.6 mi away

5%10

LaSalle9.6 mi away

5%10

Mark (in town)right here

4%9

Hennepin3.8 mi away

3%7

Monmouth76.2 mi away

3%6

Princeton13.6 mi away

3%6

Granville2 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%121

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

How far

How far Mark commutes

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

42%

13%

14%

31%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mark is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mark are

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

Jobs based in Mark

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mark residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−9%

Jobs based in Mark, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 260. 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.