Work & commute · Neponset

Work & commute in Neponset, IL

Most working residents leave Neponset for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (10%), Kewanee (9%) and Geneseo (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 183 Neponset residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neponset.

183live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neponset goes to work

Princeton17.8 mi away

10%19

Kewanee8.1 mi away

9%18

Geneseo21.7 mi away

5%10

Neponset (in town)right here

4%8

Peoria38.7 mi away

4%8

Buda6.1 mi away

4%7

Galesburg38.8 mi away

3%6

Spring Valley31.5 mi away

3%5

Peru34 mi away

3%5

Chicago115 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%100

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

How far

How far Neponset commutes

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

21%

30%

29%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neponset is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Neponset are

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

Jobs based in Neponset

211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Neponset residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+13%

Jobs based in Neponset, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 211. 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.