Work & commute · Marquette Heights

Work & commute in Marquette Heights, IL

Most working residents leave Marquette Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (27%), Pekin (11%) and Morton (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,185 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,166 Marquette Heights residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marquette Heights.

1,166live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marquette Heights goes to work

Peoria9.2 mi away

27%320

Pekin3.6 mi away

11%125

Morton7.2 mi away

8%93

East Peoria5 mi away

7%85

Bloomington34.8 mi away

3%33

Chicago130.5 mi away

2%28

Mossville13.8 mi away

2%28

Bartonville3.3 mi away

2%22

Normal32.9 mi away

2%22

Springfield57.2 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%408

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

How far

How far Marquette Heights commutes

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

60%

14%

21%

60%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marquette Heights is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marquette Heights are

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

Jobs based in Marquette Heights

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Marquette Heights residents hold

1,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−10%

Jobs based in Marquette Heights, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 158. 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.