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Work & commute · Rooks Creek

Work & commute in Rooks Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Rooks Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairbury (14%), Pontiac (11%) and Bloomington (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 214 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Rooks Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rooks Creek.

212live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
143work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rooks Creek goes to work

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1
Fairbury16 mi away
14%29
2
Pontiac6.1 mi away
11%23
3
Bloomington30.5 mi away
6%13
4
Chicago86.1 mi away
4%9
5
Normal28.2 mi away
4%8
6
Eppards Point7.9 mi away
3%7
7
Forrest20.5 mi away
2%5
8
Pontiac6 mi away
2%5
9
Gibson City35.2 mi away
2%4
10
Reading13.7 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%107

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

How far

How far Rooks Creek commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rooks Creek is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rooks Creek are

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

Jobs based in Rooks Creek

145 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Rooks Creek residents hold

214 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+8%

Jobs based in Rooks Creek, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 145. 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.

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