Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Most of Tampico commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
42 jobs are based in Tampico, and 282 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Tampico for work; outside it, Sterling is the main destination (17%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tampico: the figures worth knowing
Tampico is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Tampico, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tampico has about 430 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Tampico workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Tampico, and who commutes in
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Tampico on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting from Tampico: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tampico workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 268 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where Tampico’s working residents head each day
Where Tampico clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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 Tampico’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tampico, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 42. 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 Tampico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Tampico
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.
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 Tampico: questions
What is the median household income in Tampico?
$56,250 (±$5,011) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tampico?
13.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tampico?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tampico work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (17%, 12 mi), Sterling Township (8%, 14 mi), Prophetstown (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tampico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tampico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tampico
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.