Work & commute · Peoria

Work & commute in Peoria, IL

47% of Peoria’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are East Peoria (5%), Chicago (3%) and Mossville (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

21,059 of 44,745 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,686 Peoria residents head out of town to work, 21,059 work right here, and 54,930 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peoria.

23,686live here, work elsewhere

21,059live and work here

54,930work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peoria goes to work

Peoria (in town)right here

47%21,059

East Peoria6.7 mi away

5%2,092

Chicago125.2 mi away

3%1,543

Mossville5.1 mi away

3%1,227

Morton12.4 mi away

3%1,215

Pekin12.6 mi away

2%823

Bloomington38.9 mi away

2%777

Peoria Heights2.5 mi away

2%764

Normal36.5 mi away

2%687

Springfield66.4 mi away

1%646

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%13,912

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

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peoria is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peoria are

75,989 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

75,989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Peoria residents hold

44,745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Peoria, 2013 → 2023: 71,284 → 75,989. 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.