Photo: Omnedon · Public domainHoopeston has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in five stay in Hoopeston for work; outside it, Danville is the main destination (13%, 22 miles). Hoopeston has 1,057 jobs for 1,978 working residents. For jobs and income Hoopeston is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hoopeston stands out on work
Commutes from Hoopeston are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Hoopeston’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hoopeston is Danville, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (250) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Hoopeston: the grade in detail
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hoopeston’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hoopeston could be anywhere from D− to B.
Time on the road from Hoopeston: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoopeston workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,157 commuters (the 15% 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.
Hoopeston’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Hoopeston by day and by night
On a workday 1,525 residents head out to work, 453 work right here, and 604 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Hoopeston on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 the trip to work from Hoopeston ends
Where Hoopeston clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
In Hoopeston, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoopeston, 2013 → 2023: 1,139 → 1,057. 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 Hoopeston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hoopeston is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,542 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.8% of Hoopeston households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hoopeston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hoopeston and other U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,431 | Crystal City TX | 5,871 | $36K | 38.2% | 3.1% | 28% | D |
| 3,432 | Pike Township MO | 3,577 | $61K | 18.3% | 6.7% | 24% | D |
| 3,433 | Hoopeston IL | 4,676 | $61K | 15.6% | 7.6% | 23% | D |
| 3,434 | Waynesboro MS | 4,495 | $32K | 28.2% | 3.8% | 31% | D |
| 3,435 | Port Isabel TX | 5,302 | $32K | 34.2% | 5.2% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hoopeston, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
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 Hoopeston: questions
What is the median household income in Hoopeston?
$60,861 (±$27,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoopeston?
15.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoopeston?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoopeston work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (13%, 22 mi), Urbana (6%, 37 mi), Chicago (3%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoopeston walkable?
Hoopeston is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoopeston 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 Hoopeston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoopeston
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.