Work & commute · Morton

Work & commute in Morton, IL

About one in 5 of Morton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Peoria (26%), Pekin (5%) and East Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,654 of 7,619 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,965 Morton residents head out of town to work, 1,654 work right here, and 8,867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton.

5,965live here, work elsewhere

1,654live and work here

8,867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton goes to work

Peoria12.4 mi away

26%1,950

Morton (in town)right here

22%1,654

Pekin8.8 mi away

5%397

East Peoria5.7 mi away

5%378

Bloomington27.8 mi away

3%222

Chicago125.4 mi away

3%222

Normal25.7 mi away

2%177

Mossville15.1 mi away

2%121

Washington6.6 mi away

2%120

Springfield57.6 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,279

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

How far

How far Morton commutes

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

52%

22%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton are

10,521 jobs are based in Morton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morton

10,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Morton residents hold

7,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in Morton, 2013 → 2023: 12,053 → 10,521. 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.