Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, IL

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (11%), Chillicothe (10%) and Lacon (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 94 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

94live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Peoria24.2 mi away

11%11

Chillicothe13.5 mi away

10%10

Lacon10.7 mi away

4%4

Steuben7.7 mi away

4%4

Henry11.9 mi away

3%3

East Peoria29.7 mi away

3%3

Henry10.4 mi away

3%3

Saratoga (in town)right here

3%3

Eureka31.2 mi away

2%2

Kewanee20.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%52

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

11%

36%

28%

25%

11%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

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

Jobs based in Saratoga

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+0%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 16. 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.