Work & commute · Middleport

Work & commute in Middleport, IL

About one in 5 of Middleport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Watseka (27%), Kankakee (6%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

274 of 1,368 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,094 Middleport residents head out of town to work, 274 work right here, and 1,560 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleport.

1,094live here, work elsewhere

274live and work here

1,560work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleport goes to work

Watseka3 mi away

27%368

Kankakee21.3 mi away

6%82

Chicago70.6 mi away

4%49

Gilman15.8 mi away

3%45

Bradley25.1 mi away

3%37

Peoria100 mi away

3%35

Champaign56.9 mi away

2%26

Bourbonnais26.8 mi away

2%23

Urbana55.1 mi away

2%22

Danville46.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%659

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

How far

How far Middleport commutes

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

30%

17%

18%

35%

30%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleport are

1,834 jobs are based in Middleport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middleport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middleport

1,834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Middleport residents hold

1,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−12%

Jobs based in Middleport, 2013 → 2023: 2,089 → 1,834. 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.