Work & commute · Blount

Work & commute in Blount, IL

Most working residents leave Blount for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (34%), Danville (8%) and Champaign (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,426 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,417 Blount residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blount.

1,417live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blount goes to work

Danville6.8 mi away

34%486

Danville8.9 mi away

8%107

Champaign31 mi away

5%77

Urbana27.1 mi away

4%63

Chicago112.2 mi away

4%50

Peoria107.3 mi away

2%33

Tilton8.7 mi away

2%26

Rantoul24.7 mi away

2%26

Bismarck5.8 mi away

1%21

Bloomington69.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%520

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

How far

How far Blount commutes

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

47%

15%

32%

47%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blount is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blount are

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

Jobs based in Blount

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blount residents hold

1,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+55%

Jobs based in Blount, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 104. 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.