Work & commute · Olio

Work & commute in Olio, IL

Most working residents leave Olio for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (18%), Peoria (13%) and Bloomington (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

315 of 2,002 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 1,687 Olio residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 1,298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olio.

1,687live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

1,298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olio goes to work

Eureka2.9 mi away

18%359

Peoria20.9 mi away

13%260

Bloomington21 mi away

8%159

Normal17.9 mi away

7%132

Goodfield6 mi away

4%87

Morton14.5 mi away

3%63

Chicago111.4 mi away

3%55

Washington11.1 mi away

3%53

East Peoria17.1 mi away

2%49

Cruger4 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%742

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

How far

How far Olio commutes

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

36%

42%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olio 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 Olio are

1,613 jobs are based in Olio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olio

1,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Olio residents hold

2,002 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+0%

Jobs based in Olio, 2013 → 2023: 1,607 → 1,613. 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.