Work & commute · Onarga

Work & commute in Onarga, IL

Most working residents leave Onarga for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Gilman (18%), Onarga (5%) and Kankakee (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 522 Onarga residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onarga.

522live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onarga goes to work

Gilman3.1 mi away

18%99

Onarga (in town)right here

6%36

Onarga2.4 mi away

5%28

Kankakee27.8 mi away

4%22

Watseka15.3 mi away

4%20

Rantoul29.5 mi away

4%20

Chicago79.3 mi away

3%19

Gibson City25.9 mi away

2%13

Paxton18.5 mi away

2%13

Peoria84.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%276

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

How far

How far Onarga commutes

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

34%

14%

24%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onarga is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onarga are

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

Jobs based in Onarga

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Onarga residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1%

Jobs based in Onarga, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 351. 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.