Work & commute · Wenona

Work & commute in Wenona, IL

Most working residents leave Wenona for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (9%), Ottawa (4%) and Toluca (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 419 Wenona residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wenona.

419live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wenona goes to work

Peoria35.9 mi away

9%39

Ottawa24.2 mi away

4%18

Toluca5.2 mi away

4%16

Peru21.8 mi away

4%15

Minonk9.6 mi away

3%11

Monmouth83.5 mi away

3%11

Varna9 mi away

2%9

Lacon18.5 mi away

2%9

Chicago89.3 mi away

2%9

Evans3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%279

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

How far

How far Wenona commutes

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

12%

29%

27%

32%

12%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wenona 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 Wenona are

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

Jobs based in Wenona

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Wenona residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Wenona, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 109. 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.