Work & commute · Momence

Work & commute in Momence, IL

Most working residents leave Momence for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Momence (12%), Chicago (9%) and Kankakee (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

178 of 1,510 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,332 Momence residents head out of town to work, 178 work right here, and 1,241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Momence.

1,332live here, work elsewhere

178live and work here

1,241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Momence goes to work

Momence3.8 mi away

12%176

Chicago46.5 mi away

9%137

Kankakee14.9 mi away

8%115

Momence (in town)right here

7%100

Bourbonnais15 mi away

4%62

Bradley13.3 mi away

4%58

Joliet37.6 mi away

2%35

Manteno14.1 mi away

2%29

Grant Park5.7 mi away

1%19

University Park20.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%760

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

How far

How far Momence commutes

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

23%

28%

23%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Momence is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Momence are

1,419 jobs are based in Momence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Momence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Momence

1,419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Momence residents hold

1,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+31%

Jobs based in Momence, 2013 → 2023: 1,086 → 1,419. 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.