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Work & commute · Orion

Work & commute in Orion, IL

Most working residents leave Orion for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (26%), Peoria (13%) and Lewistown (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
2 of 431 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Orion residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orion.

429live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
57work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Orion goes to work

SmithfieldAstoriaOneidaRosevilleWatagaFarmingtonLewistownFairviewBartonvilleCantonMacombGalesburgPekinEast PeoriaChicagoPeoriaOrionCantonTrivoliTimberBannerFarmingtonCantonPeoriaLewistownPekinBartonvilleMacombGalesburgChicagoFarmingtonFairviewOrion
1
Canton5.7 mi away
26%112
2
Peoria20.1 mi away
13%57
3
Lewistown17.6 mi away
3%13
4
Pekin16.2 mi away
3%12
5
Bartonville14.8 mi away
3%11
6
Macomb40.3 mi away
3%11
7
Galesburg34.3 mi away
3%11
8
Chicago145.3 mi away
3%11
9
Farmington8.5 mi away
2%9
10
Fairview14 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%176

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

How far

How far Orion commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Orion is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orion are

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

Jobs based in Orion

59 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Orion residents hold

431 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+74%

Jobs based in Orion, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 59. 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.

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