Work & commute · Streator

Work & commute in Streator, IL

About one in 4 of Streator’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (7%), Reading (6%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,307 of 5,347 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,040 Streator residents head out of town to work, 1,307 work right here, and 2,353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Streator.

4,040live here, work elsewhere

1,307live and work here

2,353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Streator goes to work

Streator (in town)right here

24%1,307

Ottawa15.8 mi away

7%382

Reading4.9 mi away

6%298

Chicago77 mi away

5%260

Peoria48.5 mi away

2%123

Peru22.7 mi away

2%106

Joliet44.5 mi away

1%71

Aurora52.2 mi away

1%61

Morris27.5 mi away

1%54

Naperville55.3 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,633

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

How far

How far Streator commutes

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

31%

21%

14%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Streator 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 Streator are

3,660 jobs are based in Streator. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Streator’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Streator

3,660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Streator residents hold

5,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Streator, 2013 → 2023: 5,277 → 3,660. 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.