Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, IL

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (10%), Princeton (8%) and Mendota (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 297 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

297live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Peru20.9 mi away

10%31

Princeton11.3 mi away

8%24

Mendota18.4 mi away

7%22

Peoria55.4 mi away

4%11

Spring Valley20.8 mi away

3%10

Dixon20.7 mi away

3%9

LaSalle23.5 mi away

3%9

Ohio0.8 mi away

2%7

Chicago93.6 mi away

2%7

Troy Grove17.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%170

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

How far

How far Ohio commutes

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

45%

13%

35%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

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

Jobs based in Ohio

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−28%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 140. 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.