Limestone has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
87 jobs are based in Limestone for 716 working residents. For jobs and income Limestone is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, Limestone is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Limestone at work: what stands out
Limestone is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Limestone, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Limestone has about 890 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Limestone and Kankakee trade workers both ways
Kankakee is the top workplace for Limestone residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Limestone come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 716 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Limestone earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Limestone’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Limestone’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Limestone could be anywhere from B− to A.
Limestone by day and by night
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Limestone on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
23% of working residents work in Kankakee
Where Limestone clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Limestone
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 87. 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 Limestone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Limestone
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Limestone workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 676 commuters (the 14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Limestone
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.
In Limestone, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 789 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). 1.5% of Limestone households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Limestone’s commuters take a bus or train.
601st of 5,397: where Limestone ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 599 | Hasley Canyon CA | 1,216 | $145K | 10.8% | 23.4% | <1% | A− |
| 600 | Lake Marcel-Stillwater WA | 1,549 | $202K | 5.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 601 | Limestone IL | 1,518 | $104K | 4.7% | 3.9% | 1% | A− |
| 602 | Wheatland Township MN | 1,307 | $114K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 603 | Emory VA | 1,419 | $112K | 3.4% | 7.6% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Limestone, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Limestone and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Limestone Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Limestone workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | – | A− | D− | 26 min | $103,906 |
| Limestone Township | 1% | A− | D− | 23 min | $112,258 |
| Salina Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Limestone’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 Limestone: questions
What is the median household income in Limestone?
$103,906 (±$36,039) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Limestone?
4.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Limestone?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Limestone work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (23%, 6 mi), Bradley (9%, 6 mi), Bourbonnais (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Limestone walkable?
Limestone is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Limestone 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 Limestone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Limestone
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.