Work & commute · West Jersey

Work & commute in West Jersey, IL

Most working residents leave West Jersey for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Peoria (19%), Toulon (6%) and Wyoming (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 West Jersey residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Jersey.

99live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Jersey goes to work

Peoria23.9 mi away

19%19

Toulon6.3 mi away

6%6

Wyoming8.4 mi away

4%4

East Peoria30.5 mi away

4%4

Bradford17.7 mi away

3%3

Kewanee15.7 mi away

3%3

Morton36.2 mi away

3%3

Pekin34.2 mi away

3%3

Chicago129 mi away

3%3

Monmouth38.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%49

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

How far

How far West Jersey commutes

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

12%

23%

36%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Jersey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Jersey are

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

Jobs based in West Jersey

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs West Jersey residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+674%

Jobs based in West Jersey, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 147. 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.