Work & commute · Persifer

Work & commute in Persifer, IL

Most working residents leave Persifer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (24%), Peoria (11%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 455 Persifer residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Persifer.

455live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Persifer goes to work

Galesburg11.8 mi away

24%109

Peoria30.6 mi away

11%52

Chicago142.3 mi away

4%17

Oneida10.4 mi away

3%12

Knoxville7.2 mi away

2%11

Bloomington69.5 mi away

2%8

Davenport, IA49.1 mi away

2%8

Wataga9.1 mi away

2%7

Galva17.4 mi away

2%7

Monmouth25.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%221

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

How far

How far Persifer commutes

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

12%

32%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Persifer is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Persifer are

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

Jobs based in Persifer

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Persifer residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Persifer, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 72. 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.