Jobs and the daily commute in Deer Creek
Only 5% work in Deer Creek; the top destination outside it is Peoria (21%, 17 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers (Illinois 16%). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Deer Creek: the figures worth knowing
Deer Creek makes and builds things
79% of the jobs based in Deer Creek are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Deer Creek residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Deer Creek pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Deer Creek pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Deer Creek residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Deer Creek. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 79% of jobs based in Deer Creek
309 jobs are based in Deer Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Creek, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 309. 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 Deer Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Deer Creek on a workday afternoon
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Deer Creek commutes to
Where Deer Creek clocks in
Lines 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.
Deer Creek’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 332 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Deer Creek
About 21% 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.
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 Deer Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Deer Creek?
$94,375 (±$16,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Creek?
7.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Creek?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Creek work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (21%, 17 mi), Morton (11%, 7 mi), Mackinaw (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deer Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deer Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Creek
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.