Work & commute · Varna

Work & commute in Varna, IL

Most working residents leave Varna for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (10%), Ottawa (7%) and Minonk (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 151 Varna residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Varna.

151live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Varna goes to work

Peoria28.4 mi away

10%15

Ottawa30.3 mi away

7%10

Minonk13 mi away

5%7

Peru22.7 mi away

4%6

Roanoke16.4 mi away

3%5

Lacon9.5 mi away

3%5

Henry9 mi away

3%5

Streator21.5 mi away

3%4

Toluca5.2 mi away

2%3

Eureka22.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%89

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

How far

How far Varna commutes

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

15%

25%

26%

34%

15%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Varna is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Varna are

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

Jobs based in Varna

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Varna residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+5%

Jobs based in Varna, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 58. 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.