Work & commute · Otto

Work & commute in Otto, IL

Most working residents leave Otto for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (18%), Chicago (9%) and Bradley (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 961 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 926 Otto residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otto.

926live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otto goes to work

Kankakee5.1 mi away

18%170

Chicago56.4 mi away

9%88

Bradley9.3 mi away

7%71

Bourbonnais10.1 mi away

5%47

Herscher9.7 mi away

4%43

Joliet35.1 mi away

2%22

Otto (in town)right here

2%22

Manteno15.2 mi away

1%13

Kankakee5.6 mi away

1%12

Manteno14.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%462

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

How far

How far Otto commutes

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

36%

20%

16%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otto is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otto are

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

Jobs based in Otto

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities76%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Otto residents hold

961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+165%

Jobs based in Otto, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 532. 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.