Work & commute · Pigeon Grove

Work & commute in Pigeon Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Pigeon Grove for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Cissna Park (9%), Watseka (7%) and Gilman (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

65 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 429 Pigeon Grove residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pigeon Grove.

429live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pigeon Grove goes to work

Cissna Park3.5 mi away

9%46

Watseka20.2 mi away

7%36

Gilman16.3 mi away

4%20

Pigeon Grove (in town)right here

4%19

Champaign33.7 mi away

3%15

Paxton10.1 mi away

3%14

Chicago91.3 mi away

3%14

Kankakee39.8 mi away

3%13

Fountain Creek6 mi away

3%13

Hoopeston15.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%292

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

How far

How far Pigeon Grove commutes

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

18%

28%

21%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pigeon Grove is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pigeon Grove are

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

Jobs based in Pigeon Grove

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Pigeon Grove residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Pigeon Grove, 2013 → 2023: 352 → 344. 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.