Work & commute · North Utica

Work & commute in North Utica, IL

Most working residents leave North Utica for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (18%), Peru (7%) and LaSalle (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 587 North Utica residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Utica.

587live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Utica goes to work

Ottawa10.2 mi away

18%108

Peru6.2 mi away

7%42

LaSalle4.2 mi away

4%24

Chicago76.6 mi away

3%19

North Utica (in town)right here

3%18

Spring Valley8.7 mi away

2%15

Streator18.6 mi away

2%14

Peoria52 mi away

2%13

Mendota14.6 mi away

2%12

Morris30.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%329

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

How far

How far North Utica commutes

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

36%

19%

12%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Utica is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Utica are

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

Jobs based in North Utica

854 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Utica residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−21%

Jobs based in North Utica, 2013 → 2023: 1,076 → 854. 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.