Work & commute · Sand Prairie

Work & commute in Sand Prairie, IL

Most working residents leave Sand Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (16%), Pekin (13%) and Morton (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 495 Sand Prairie residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Prairie.

495live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Prairie goes to work

Peoria21.9 mi away

16%80

Pekin9.4 mi away

13%67

Morton16 mi away

8%42

Delavan8.1 mi away

6%32

Normal35.6 mi away

4%19

Bloomington36.5 mi away

4%19

East Peoria17.5 mi away

3%16

Cincinnati5.6 mi away

3%13

Hopedale12.6 mi away

2%11

Manito6.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%192

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

How far

How far Sand Prairie commutes

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

22%

45%

15%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Prairie is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Sand Prairie

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Sand Prairie residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+70%

Jobs based in Sand Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 129. 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.