Work & commute · Arrowsmith

Work & commute in Arrowsmith, IL

Most working residents leave Arrowsmith for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (28%), Normal (17%) and Gibson City (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 131 Arrowsmith residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arrowsmith.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arrowsmith goes to work

Bloomington17.9 mi away

28%37

Normal19.5 mi away

17%23

Gibson City13.4 mi away

8%11

Chicago107.8 mi away

5%6

Colfax8.2 mi away

2%3

Le Roy10.2 mi away

2%3

Downs14 mi away

2%3

Schaumburg112.8 mi away

2%3

Martin5.2 mi away

2%3

Eureka38.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%38

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

How far

How far Arrowsmith commutes

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

65%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arrowsmith is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arrowsmith are

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

Jobs based in Arrowsmith

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Arrowsmith residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+27%

Jobs based in Arrowsmith, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 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.