With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wenona works elsewhere
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). There are 83 jobs in Wenona, against 422 working residents. Only 2% work in Wenona itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (11%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wenona and work: the main findings
Wenona’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wenona is Peoria, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wenona is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Wenona, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wenona has about 610 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Wenona, by distance
About 33% 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.
In and out of Wenona on a workday
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Wenona 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Wenona: the destinations
Where Wenona clocks in
4% 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 Wenona’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wenona, 2014 → 2024: 112 → 83. 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 Wenona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wenona: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wenona workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 505 commuters (the 4% 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.
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 Wenona: questions
What is the median household income in Wenona?
$43,300 (±$8,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wenona?
17.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wenona?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wenona work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (11%, 36 mi), Toluca (5%, 5 mi), Streator (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wenona 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 Wenona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wenona
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.