How Hopedale works: jobs, income and commuting
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. About one in ten work in Hopedale itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (12%, 25 miles). The average commute takes 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
What sets Hopedale apart on work
Hopedale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hopedale is Peoria, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hopedale has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hopedale went from 300 in 2013 to 442 in 2023, +47%. 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 312 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How far Hopedale goes to work
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.
Most jobs in Hopedale are in services
442 jobs are based in Hopedale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hopedale, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 442. 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 Hopedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hopedale fills up on a workday
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Hopedale on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
Where Hopedale goes to work
Where Hopedale 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.
Getting to work from Hopedale takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hopedale workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Hopedale: questions
What is the median household income in Hopedale?
$54,375 (±$10,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hopedale?
28.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hopedale?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hopedale work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (12%, 25 mi), Allin Township (7%, 11 mi), Morton (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hopedale without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hopedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hopedale
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.