Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, IL

Most working residents leave Mission for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (10%), Chicago (7%) and Morris (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,356 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,335 Mission residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 731 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

1,335live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

731work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Ottawa13.8 mi away

10%134

Chicago54.9 mi away

7%91

Morris14.9 mi away

3%41

Peoria72.5 mi away

3%35

Peru27.2 mi away

3%34

Sandwich9.9 mi away

2%31

Yorkville15.7 mi away

2%28

Joliet26.2 mi away

2%22

Plano13.5 mi away

2%21

Aurora25.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%899

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

How far

How far Mission commutes

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

31%

27%

34%

8%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

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

Jobs based in Mission

752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Mission residents hold

1,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−32%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 1,098 → 752. 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.