Work & commute · Allerton

Work & commute in Allerton, IL

Most working residents leave Allerton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (19%), Urbana (6%) and Champaign (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Allerton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allerton.

117live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allerton goes to work

Danville23.2 mi away

19%23

Urbana19.3 mi away

6%7

Champaign22.6 mi away

6%7

Chicago133.4 mi away

5%6

Danville21.5 mi away

5%6

Sidell5.9 mi away

3%3

Springfield91.1 mi away

3%3

Sidney10.5 mi away

2%2

Homer8.2 mi away

2%2

Westville18 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%57

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allerton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

11%

33%

5%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allerton is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Allerton are

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

Jobs based in Allerton

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Allerton residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−42%

Jobs based in Allerton, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.