Work & commute · Pekin

Work & commute in Pekin, IL

About one in 5 of Pekin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Peoria (22%), Morton (6%) and East Peoria (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,691 of 13,433 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 10,742 Pekin residents head out of town to work, 2,691 work right here, and 6,903 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pekin.

10,742live here, work elsewhere

2,691live and work here

6,903work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pekin goes to work

Peoria12.6 mi away

22%2,889

Pekin (in town)right here

20%2,691

Morton8.8 mi away

6%830

East Peoria8.3 mi away

6%739

Bloomington35 mi away

3%459

Normal33.3 mi away

3%397

Chicago133.6 mi away

3%365

Bartonville5.4 mi away

2%233

Springfield53.7 mi away

2%226

Limestone7.7 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,390

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.

47%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pekin is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pekin are

9,594 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

9,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Pekin residents hold

13,433 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%

−15%

Jobs based in Pekin, 2013 → 2023: 11,334 → 9,594. 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.