Photo: Chris Light at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in North Utica earn more than those in 80% of U.S. towns
North Utica grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 4.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois. Home is the office for 6% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in North Utica: the gist
North Utica and Ottawa trade workers both ways
Ottawa is the top workplace for North Utica residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in North Utica come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside North Utica
60% of North Utica residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in North Utica pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 586 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
North Utica’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds North Utica’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: North Utica’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, North Utica could be anywhere from B to A.
22% of working residents work in Ottawa
Where North Utica clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
What the 551 jobs in North Utica are
551 jobs are based in North Utica.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Utica, 2014 → 2024: 509 → 551. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
North Utica on a workday afternoon
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from North Utica: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Utica workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 569 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.
The commute from North Utica, by distance
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from North Utica start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Utica is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place North Utica near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 604 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). 5.0% of North Utica households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Utica’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Utica is 545th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 543 | Perry Township OH | 1,459 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 544 | Decatur WI | 1,756 | $101K | 5.0% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 545 | North Utica IL | 1,334 | $104K | 4.7% | 5.4% | 2% | A− |
| 546 | Hughestown PA | 1,371 | $84K | 5.6% | 5.7% | 3% | A− |
| 547 | Jackson Township IN | 1,022 | $107K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 North Utica, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around North Utica: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to LaSalle (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Utica workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Utica | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $104,028 |
| LaSalle | 5% | C | B+ | 20 min | $57,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Utica’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 2024, 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 North Utica: questions
What is the median household income in North Utica?
$104,028 (±$13,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Utica?
4.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Utica?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Utica work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (22%, 10 mi), Peru (7%, 6 mi), LaSalle (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Utica walkable?
North Utica is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Utica without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Utica, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Utica
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.