Work & commute · Pilot

Work & commute in Pilot, IL

Most working residents leave Pilot for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (21%), Chicago (7%) and Bourbonnais (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 809 Pilot residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot.

809live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

405work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot goes to work

Kankakee11.4 mi away

21%179

Chicago57.5 mi away

7%61

Bourbonnais13.4 mi away

6%50

Herscher1.4 mi away

5%46

Bradley14 mi away

5%44

Joliet31.9 mi away

2%17

Kankakee11.8 mi away

2%14

Chebanse9.5 mi away

2%13

Otto8.4 mi away

2%13

Springfield120.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%415

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

How far

How far Pilot commutes

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

12%

42%

17%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot are

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

Jobs based in Pilot

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Pilot residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−21%

Jobs based in Pilot, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 458. 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.