Work & commute · Naplate

Work & commute in Naplate, IL

Most working residents leave Naplate for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (18%), Peru (9%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 196 Naplate residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naplate.

196live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naplate goes to work

Ottawa3.3 mi away

18%36

Peru13.5 mi away

9%17

Chicago71 mi away

4%8

LaSalle11.3 mi away

4%7

Spring Valley15.7 mi away

3%5

Peoria55.5 mi away

3%5

Aurora42.7 mi away

2%4

Sandwich25.8 mi away

2%3

Mendota19.3 mi away

2%3

Streator14.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%106

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

How far

How far Naplate commutes

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

26%

19%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naplate is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Naplate are

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

Jobs based in Naplate

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Naplate residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+367%

Jobs based in Naplate, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 196. 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.