Work & commute · North Pekin

Work & commute in North Pekin, IL

Most working residents leave North Pekin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (28%), Pekin (10%) and East Peoria (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 600 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 592 North Pekin residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Pekin.

592live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Pekin goes to work

Peoria9.5 mi away

28%165

Pekin3.1 mi away

10%58

East Peoria5.9 mi away

8%46

Morton8.3 mi away

6%34

Chicago131.6 mi away

4%21

Bartonville2.7 mi away

3%17

Mossville14.4 mi away

2%14

Normal33.9 mi away

2%13

Bloomington35.7 mi away

2%13

Peoria Heights9.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%207

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

How far

How far North Pekin commutes

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

60%

17%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Pekin is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Pekin are

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

Jobs based in North Pekin

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs North Pekin residents hold

600 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−41%

Jobs based in North Pekin, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 199. 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.