Triumph has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
21 jobs are based in Triumph, against 42 working residents. Hardly any work in Triumph itself; outside it, LaSalle draws the most (10%, 12 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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
Triumph quiets down on a workday
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Triumph on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Out of Triumph to work: where people go
Where Triumph clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Triumph pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Triumph, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 21. 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 Triumph’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Triumph
of Triumph workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% 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 Triumph, 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 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 Triumph: questions
What is the poverty rate in Triumph?
9.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Triumph work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are LaSalle (10%, 12 mi), Peru (7%, 12 mi), Ottawa (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Triumph without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Triumph, from the people who make the trip.
More of Triumph
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.