Minonk has higher unemployment (6.9%) than 82% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Minonk for work; outside it, Peoria is the main destination (10%, 32 miles). Jobs and income earn Minonk C; getting around on foot earns it B+. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Minonk
Minonk’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Minonk is Peoria, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (90) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Minonk makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Minonk are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Minonk residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. 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 859 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Minonk earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Minonk is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Minonk’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minonk could be anywhere from D to A−.
The commute from Minonk, by distance
About 17% 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.
Minonk works in goods: 37% of its jobs
668 jobs are based in Minonk.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minonk, 2013 → 2023: 722 → 668. 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 Minonk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Minonk by day
On a workday 704 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Minonk on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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 the trip to work from Minonk ends
Where Minonk clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Minonk’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minonk workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 867 commuters (the 8% 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.
Minonk is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minonk is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 938 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). 1.7% of Minonk households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minonk’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Minonk ranks: 3,602nd of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,600 | Coudersport PA | 2,281 | $52K | 13.9% | 1.6% | 32% | C |
| 3,601 | Remsen NY | 1,774 | $71K | 12.0% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,602 | Minonk IL | 1,889 | $69K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 18% | C |
| 3,603 | Lake City IA | 1,640 | $74K | 10.9% | 1.5% | 36% | C |
| 3,604 | Mercersburg PA | 1,492 | $66K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Minonk, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Minonk and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minonk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minonk | – | C | B+ | 28 min | $69,352 |
| Minonk Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Clayton Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Minonk Township: not graded. Clayton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minonk’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 Minonk: questions
What is the median household income in Minonk?
$69,352 (±$12,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minonk?
10.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minonk?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minonk work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (10%, 32 mi), Bloomington (10%, 30 mi), Normal (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minonk walkable?
Minonk is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minonk 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 Minonk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minonk
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.