Most of Peoria commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Peoria report 8 jobs for 79 working residents. Only 1% stay in Peoria for work; outside it, Aurora is the main destination (25%, 31 miles). Home is the office for 30% of workers; Colorado has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Peoria
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4 people are in Peoria on a workday afternoon, 95% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Peoria’s working residents head each day
Where Peoria clocks in
25% of workers
16% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Peoria
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peoria, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Peoria
of Peoria workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Peoria, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Peoria: questions
What is the poverty rate in Peoria?
16.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Peoria work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aurora (25%, 31 mi), Denver (16%, 40 mi), Byers (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peoria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peoria
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.