Work & commute · Piper

Work & commute in Piper, IL

Most working residents leave Piper for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (5%), Gilman (4%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

36 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 295 Piper residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piper.

295live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piper goes to work

Piper City (in town)right here

5%16

Kankakee29.3 mi away

5%14

Gilman9.8 mi away

4%11

Chicago79.1 mi away

4%11

Gibson City22.3 mi away

3%9

Pontiac25.4 mi away

3%9

Champaign44.6 mi away

3%9

Peoria74.8 mi away

3%9

Roberts9.8 mi away

3%8

Bradley33.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%208

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

How far

How far Piper commutes

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

15%

23%

29%

34%

15%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piper is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Piper are

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

Jobs based in Piper

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Piper residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1%

Jobs based in Piper, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 158. 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.