Work & commute · Bement

Work & commute in Bement, IL

Most working residents leave Bement for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Monticello (12%), Champaign (9%) and Bement (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 745 Bement residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bement.

745live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bement goes to work

Monticello7.7 mi away

12%94

Champaign18.8 mi away

9%74

Bement2.1 mi away

8%64

Decatur21.8 mi away

8%64

Arthur15 mi away

6%47

Urbana21.8 mi away

5%40

Bourbon16.8 mi away

3%23

Tuscola16.4 mi away

2%19

Springfield59.7 mi away

2%19

Atwood9.6 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%350

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

How far

How far Bement commutes

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

22%

47%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bement is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bement are

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

Jobs based in Bement

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bement residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Bement, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 339. 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.