Work & commute · Timber

Work & commute in Timber, IL

Most working residents leave Timber for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (27%), Pekin (6%) and Bartonville (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 995 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 939 Timber residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timber.

939live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timber goes to work

Peoria16 mi away

27%271

Pekin10.2 mi away

6%58

Bartonville9.4 mi away

5%53

Glasford0.5 mi away

5%48

East Peoria15.8 mi away

4%42

Morton18.6 mi away

4%38

Hollis6.1 mi away

4%37

Limestone9.2 mi away

4%36

Chicago140.9 mi away

2%24

Bloomington45.1 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%366

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

How far

How far Timber commutes

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

22%

51%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timber 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 Timber are

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

Jobs based in Timber

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Timber residents hold

995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Timber, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 255. 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.