Work & commute · Peotone

Work & commute in Peotone, IL

Most working residents leave Peotone for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Joliet (4%) and University Park (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 2,121 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,935 Peotone residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peotone.

1,935live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peotone goes to work

Peotone (in town)right here

9%186

Chicago35.5 mi away

8%163

Joliet22.3 mi away

4%86

University Park9.1 mi away

3%69

Kankakee16.2 mi away

3%61

Frankfort12.8 mi away

3%57

New Lenox15.3 mi away

3%56

Tinley Park16.4 mi away

2%42

Mokena14.4 mi away

2%39

Bradley11.8 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,324

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

How far

How far Peotone commutes

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

20%

40%

29%

11%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peotone is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peotone are

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

Jobs based in Peotone

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Peotone residents hold

2,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−13%

Jobs based in Peotone, 2013 → 2023: 943 → 822. 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.