Work & commute · Blue Ridge

Work & commute in Blue Ridge, IL

Most working residents leave Blue Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (25%), Urbana (10%) and Monticello (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 607 Blue Ridge residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Ridge.

607live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Ridge goes to work

Champaign16 mi away

25%155

Urbana19.9 mi away

10%64

Monticello12.6 mi away

9%56

Decatur32.1 mi away

4%24

Chicago120.8 mi away

4%22

Mahomet8.6 mi away

2%14

Springfield65 mi away

2%14

Farmer City5.4 mi away

2%13

Savoy18.9 mi away

2%12

Bloomington28.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%233

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

How far

How far Blue Ridge commutes

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

10%

54%

10%

26%

10%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Ridge is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Blue Ridge

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Blue Ridge residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Blue Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 114. 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.