Work & commute · Mineral

Work & commute in Mineral, IL

Most working residents leave Mineral for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kewanee (11%), Princeton (9%) and Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 203 Mineral residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineral.

203live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineral goes to work

Kewanee11.2 mi away

11%22

Princeton17.2 mi away

9%18

Peoria43.6 mi away

5%10

Sheffield3 mi away

4%8

Neponset5 mi away

3%6

Galva18.7 mi away

2%5

Monmouth54.2 mi away

2%5

Geneseo19.5 mi away

2%5

Buda6.6 mi away

2%4

Annawan5.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%119

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

How far

How far Mineral commutes

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

17%

30%

26%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineral is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineral are

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

Jobs based in Mineral

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Mineral residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+67%

Jobs based in Mineral, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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.