Work & commute · Oglesby

Work & commute in Oglesby, IL

Most working residents leave Oglesby for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (16%), LaSalle (8%) and Ottawa (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

167 of 1,748 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,581 Oglesby residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oglesby.

1,581live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oglesby goes to work

Peru5.6 mi away

16%288

Oglesby (in town)right here

10%167

LaSalle3.2 mi away

8%135

Ottawa13.5 mi away

7%121

Chicago80.9 mi away

3%61

Spring Valley6.2 mi away

3%52

Peoria47 mi away

2%37

Mendota18.3 mi away

1%26

Streator17.1 mi away

1%24

Aurora51.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%814

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

How far

How far Oglesby commutes

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

42%

18%

10%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oglesby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oglesby are

1,423 jobs are based in Oglesby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oglesby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oglesby

1,423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oglesby residents hold

1,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Oglesby, 2013 → 2023: 1,402 → 1,423. 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.