Work & commute · Marseilles

Work & commute in Marseilles, IL

Most working residents leave Marseilles for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (12%), Morris (5%) and Seneca (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 1,913 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,799 Marseilles residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 772 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marseilles.

1,799live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

772work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marseilles goes to work

Ottawa8 mi away

12%237

Marseilles (in town)right here

6%114

Morris13.8 mi away

5%104

Seneca3.3 mi away

4%79

Chicago62.5 mi away

3%66

Peoria62.7 mi away

3%51

Streator15.5 mi away

3%49

Brookfield4.7 mi away

2%41

Peru24.1 mi away

2%33

Dayton10 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,110

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

How far

How far Marseilles commutes

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

30%

23%

17%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marseilles is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marseilles are

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

Jobs based in Marseilles

886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Marseilles residents hold

1,913 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−10%

Jobs based in Marseilles, 2013 → 2023: 989 → 886. 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.