Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow Hennepin works: jobs, income and commuting
7% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Only 4% work in Hennepin itself; outside it, Princeton draws the most (6%, 12 miles). Working residents average 25 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
The commute and the jobs: Hennepin in brief
Jobs in Hennepin: what the 217 are
217 jobs are based in Hennepin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hennepin, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 217. 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 Hennepin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hennepin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Hennepin on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
Where Hennepin goes to work
Where Hennepin clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Hennepin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hennepin workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 commuters (the 7% 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 Hennepin
About 26% 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.
Hennepin and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hennepin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin | – | — | — | 25 min | $83,000 |
| Hennepin Township | 6% | B | B− | 30 min | $89,306 |
| Leepertown Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leepertown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hennepin Township. Darker towns draw more of Hennepin’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 Hennepin: questions
What is the median household income in Hennepin?
$83,000 (±$12,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hennepin?
8.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hennepin?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hennepin work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (6%, 12 mi), Peru (6%, 12 mi), Hennepin Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hennepin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hennepin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hennepin
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.