Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Cissna Park, IL
About one in ten work in Cissna Park itself; outside it, Watseka draws the most (8%, 17 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers (Illinois 16%). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cissna Park and work: the main findings
The commute from Cissna Park, by distance
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Who leaves Cissna Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Cissna Park on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Cissna Park to work: where people go
Where Cissna Park clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
What Cissna Park’s employers do
218 jobs are based in Cissna Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cissna Park, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 218. 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 Cissna Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cissna Park: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cissna Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Work in the towns next to Cissna Park
The biggest share goes to Pigeon Grove Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cissna Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cissna Park | – | — | — | 27 min | $56,667 |
| Pigeon Grove Township | 4% | C− | B | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Fountain Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Ash Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fountain Creek Township and Ash Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cissna Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cissna Park: questions
What is the median household income in Cissna Park?
$56,667 (±$15,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cissna Park?
14.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cissna Park?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cissna Park work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watseka (8%, 17 mi), Gilman (4%, 14 mi), Pigeon Grove Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cissna Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cissna Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cissna Park
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.