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Work & commute in Allenville · A commuter town

100% of Allenville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Allenville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Arthur (18%), Sullivan (16%) and Bourbon (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 57 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
Same than IL (28 min)
Work from home
5%
Less than IL (16%)
Jobs based here
11
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Allenville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

18% of working residents work in Arthur

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

LovingtonAtwood: 1 residents work here (2%)AllenvilleArthur: 10 residents work here (18%)Neoga: 1 residents work here (2%)Sullivan: 9 residents work here (16%)East Dubuque: 1 residents work here (2%)Champaign: 2 residents work here (4%)Chicago: 3 residents work here (5%)UnityBourbon: 7 residents work here (12%)TuscolaLoweJonathan CreekEast Nelson: 5 residents work here (9%)SullivanLafayette: 2 residents work here (4%)ArthurSullivanBourbonEast NelsonChicagoChampaignAllenville
1
Arthur11.4 mi away
18%10
2
Sullivan4.5 mi away
16%9
3
Bourbon12.1 mi away
12%7
4
East Nelson0.6 mi away
9%5
5
Chicago163.7 mi away
5%3
6
Champaign40.9 mi away
4%2
7
Lafayette14.3 mi away
4%2
8
Atwood17.1 mi away
2%1
9
Neoga17 mi away
2%1
10
East Dubuque229.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%16
The top trips

Where Allenville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Allenville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 57 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

57live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday80
130live here− 57head out to work+ 11come in to work= 80on a workday

About 80 people are in Allenville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Allenville commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miArthur: 18% · 11.4 miSullivan: 16% · 4.5 miBourbon: 12% · 12.1 miEast Nelson: 9% · 0.6 miChicago: 5% · 163.7 miChampaign: 4% · 40.9 miLafayette: 4% · 14.3 miAtwood: 2% · 17.1 miNeoga: 2% · 17 miEast Dubuque: 2% · 229.8 miArthur 18%Sullivan 16%Bourbon 12%East Nelson 9%Chicago 5%Allenville
AllenvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi17 residents
39%10–24 mi22 residents
7%25–50 mi4 residents
25%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 25% 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.

The jobs

Allenville makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

11 jobs are based in Allenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in AllenvilleJobs Allenville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%44%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices0%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%23%
Over $3,333 a month73%61%

Who does it

29 or younger36%23%
30 to 5455%53%
55 and older9%25%
+120%

Jobs based in Allenville, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 11. 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.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, about the IL average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
213 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Allenville28 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Allenville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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