Work & commute · Peoria

Work & commute in Peoria, IL

46% of Peoria’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Peoria (48%), East Peoria (5%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

17,396 of 37,950 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,554 Peoria residents head out of town to work, 17,396 work right here, and 55,397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peoria.

20,554live here, work elsewhere

17,396live and work here

55,397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peoria goes to work

Peoria0.9 mi away

48%18,033

East Peoria5.8 mi away

5%1,842

Chicago125.2 mi away

3%1,292

Morton11.5 mi away

3%1,038

Pekin12 mi away

2%737

Mossville5.5 mi away

2%717

Peoria Heights2 mi away

2%690

Bloomington38.1 mi away

2%671

Normal35.7 mi away

2%630

Springfield65.7 mi away

1%556

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%11,744

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

How far

How far Peoria commutes

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

64%

24%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peoria is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Peoria are

72,793 jobs are based in Peoria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peoria

72,793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Peoria residents hold

37,950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Peoria, 2013 → 2023: 68,450 → 72,793. 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.