Work & commute · Arcola

Work & commute in Arcola, IL

About one in 3 of Arcola’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Arthur (8%), Champaign (5%) and Mattoon (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

467 of 1,418 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 951 Arcola residents head out of town to work, 467 work right here, and 1,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcola.

951live here, work elsewhere

467live and work here

1,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcola goes to work

Arcola (in town)right here

33%467

Arthur9.2 mi away

8%107

Champaign29.8 mi away

5%76

Mattoon14.6 mi away

5%69

Bourbon5.9 mi away

5%68

Tuscola7.9 mi away

3%47

Effingham41.1 mi away

3%36

Urbana30 mi away

2%32

Tuscola9.2 mi away

2%27

Charleston15.2 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%466

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

How far

How far Arcola commutes

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

50%

16%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcola are

1,570 jobs are based in Arcola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcola

1,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Arcola residents hold

1,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Arcola, 2013 → 2023: 1,390 → 1,570. 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.