Work & commute · Pella

Work & commute in Pella, IL

Most working residents leave Pella for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Piper City (7%) and Gilman (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

37 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 73 Pella residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pella.

73live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pella goes to work

Chicago75.8 mi away

8%6

Piper City3.5 mi away

7%5

Gilman10.1 mi away

5%4

Gibson City25.6 mi away

4%3

Watseka23.8 mi away

4%3

Urbana48.1 mi away

4%3

Springfield104.2 mi away

4%3

Pontiac24.6 mi away

3%2

Kankakee26.4 mi away

3%2

Champaign48.1 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%41

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

How far

How far Pella commutes

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

24%

28%

38%

9%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pella is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pella are

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

Jobs based in Pella

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pella residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+82%

Jobs based in Pella, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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.