Illinois · Market data
Boone County, IL supports 4 taxi and limousine businesses across 53,313 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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| Measure | Boone County |
|---|---|
| County | Boone County, IL |
| State | Illinois |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 53,313 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 4 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 11 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $210,000 |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 3 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 8 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $205,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 4 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived4 establishments ÷ 53,313 residents × 100,000. | 7.50 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived4 of 4 establishments. | 100.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$210,000 payroll ÷ 11 employees. | $19,091 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 242 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Boone County, IL has 4 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 11 people.
The published operator base here is very small, so a single new entrant materially changes the local market.
100.0 per cent of operators in Boone County, IL employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Nearly every operator here employs fewer than five people. That is an owner-driver market: the person taking the booking is often the person driving, so software that needs a dedicated dispatcher to sit in front of it does not fit.
Boone County, IL has 7.50 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are far above the national midpoint, which is typical of counties serving an airport, a downtown core or a large visitor economy rather than only their own residents.
Within Illinois the median is 3.46 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $19,091 per employee across the sector in Boone County, IL.
A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Garland County, AR | 4 | 4.00 |
| Washington County, AR | 4 | 1.50 |
| Placer County, CA | 4 | 0.92 |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 4 | 0.72 |
| Douglas County, CO | 4 | 1.02 |
| El Paso County, CO | 4 | 0.53 |
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