Work & commute · Peru

Work & commute in Peru, IL

About one in 4 of Peru’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are LaSalle (11%), Ottawa (5%) and Spring Valley (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,041 of 4,613 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,572 Peru residents head out of town to work, 1,041 work right here, and 6,703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peru.

3,572live here, work elsewhere

1,041live and work here

6,703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peru goes to work

Peru (in town)right here

23%1,041

LaSalle2.6 mi away

11%499

Ottawa16.4 mi away

5%244

Spring Valley3.3 mi away

4%186

Chicago82.1 mi away

4%179

Oglesby5.6 mi away

3%150

Peoria48.7 mi away

2%87

Mendota13.9 mi away

2%76

Princeton16.9 mi away

1%61

Joliet52.5 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,040

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

How far

How far Peru commutes

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

45%

14%

34%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peru is a job hub

1.68jobs 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 Peru are

7,744 jobs are based in Peru. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peru’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peru

7,744 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Peru residents hold

4,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Peru, 2013 → 2023: 7,260 → 7,744. 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.