Work & commute · Pekin

Work & commute in Pekin, IL

Most working residents leave Pekin for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (23%), Pekin (19%) and Morton (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,824 of 11,875 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 10,051 Pekin residents head out of town to work, 1,824 work right here, and 5,289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pekin.

10,051live here, work elsewhere

1,824live and work here

5,289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pekin goes to work

Peoria11 mi away

23%2,685

Pekin1.7 mi away

19%2,284

Morton8.5 mi away

6%721

East Peoria7.1 mi away

6%685

Bloomington35.4 mi away

3%410

Normal33.7 mi away

3%341

Chicago132.6 mi away

3%327

Bartonville3.8 mi away

2%214

Limestone6.2 mi away

2%201

Springfield55.4 mi away

2%193

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,814

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

How far

How far Pekin commutes

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

50%

20%

21%

50%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pekin is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pekin are

7,113 jobs are based in Pekin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pekin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pekin

7,113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Pekin residents hold

11,875 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in Pekin, 2013 → 2023: 8,136 → 7,113. 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.