Work & commute · Richwoods

Work & commute in Richwoods, IL

Most working residents leave Richwoods for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (40%), Peoria Heights (7%) and East Peoria (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

194 of 2,684 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,490 Richwoods residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 3,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richwoods.

2,490live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

3,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richwoods goes to work

Peoria2.3 mi away

40%1,065

Peoria Heights0.4 mi away

7%184

East Peoria5.7 mi away

5%146

Chicago123.4 mi away

3%85

Morton11.1 mi away

3%80

Bloomington37 mi away

2%63

Pekin12.9 mi away

2%58

Normal34.4 mi away

2%56

Limestone8.4 mi away

2%45

Mossville4.5 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%859

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

How far

How far Richwoods commutes

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

61%

22%

61%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richwoods is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richwoods are

3,220 jobs are based in Richwoods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richwoods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richwoods

3,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Richwoods residents hold

2,684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Richwoods, 2013 → 2023: 3,124 → 3,220. 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.