Work & commute · Tremont

Work & commute in Tremont, IL

Most working residents leave Tremont for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (20%), Pekin (13%) and Morton (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,217 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,166 Tremont residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tremont.

1,166live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tremont goes to work

Peoria18.9 mi away

20%249

Pekin11.1 mi away

13%164

Morton6.8 mi away

12%144

Tremont3.6 mi away

5%59

East Peoria12.2 mi away

4%47

Normal22.5 mi away

3%35

Chicago128.1 mi away

3%33

Bloomington23.9 mi away

3%31

Elm Grove6.8 mi away

2%29

Springfield51.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%409

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

How far

How far Tremont commutes

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

36%

39%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tremont is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tremont are

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

Jobs based in Tremont

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Tremont residents hold

1,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−1%

Jobs based in Tremont, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 604. 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.