Work & commute · Tonica

Work & commute in Tonica, IL

Most working residents leave Tonica for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Streator (10%), Ottawa (6%) and Peru (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Tonica residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonica.

327live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonica goes to work

Streator14 mi away

10%32

Ottawa16 mi away

6%19

Peru10.4 mi away

5%17

Chicago83.5 mi away

5%15

Reading14.5 mi away

3%11

Minonk21.2 mi away

3%10

Spring Valley9.5 mi away

2%8

Oglesby5.3 mi away

2%7

Peoria42.9 mi away

2%7

Tonica (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%201

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

How far

How far Tonica commutes

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

13%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonica is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonica are

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

Jobs based in Tonica

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Tonica residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−2%

Jobs based in Tonica, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 169. 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.