Work & commute · Argenta

Work & commute in Argenta, IL

Most working residents leave Argenta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (43%), Clinton (6%) and Forsyth (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 349 Argenta residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Argenta.

349live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Argenta goes to work

Decatur10.8 mi away

43%151

Clinton13.5 mi away

6%20

Forsyth8.7 mi away

5%16

Maroa8 mi away

4%14

Springfield45.7 mi away

4%13

Chicago141 mi away

3%9

Maroa7.8 mi away

3%9

Champaign30.2 mi away

2%8

Argenta (in town)right here

1%5

Downers Grove131.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%104

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

How far

How far Argenta commutes

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

34%

37%

11%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Argenta is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Argenta are

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

Jobs based in Argenta

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Argenta residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+58%

Jobs based in Argenta, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 57. 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.