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Work & commute · Bourbon

Work & commute in Bourbon, IL

About one in 3 of Bourbon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Arthur (25%), Tuscola (4%) and Arcola (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
37%
642 of 1,727 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,085 Bourbon residents head out of town to work, 642 work right here, and 1,984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourbon.

1,085live here, work elsewhere
642live and work here
1,984work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bourbon goes to work

AtwoodArthurArcolaSullivanTuscolaUrbanaMattoonChampaignArcolaBourbonLoweJonathan CreekNorth OkawGarrettArthurTuscolaArcolaChampaignMattoonLoweGarrettJonathan CreekUrbanaBourbon
1
Arthur3.3 mi away
25%432
2
Bourbon (in town)right here
17%286
3
Tuscola9.7 mi away
4%70
4
Arcola5.9 mi away
3%51
5
Champaign29.4 mi away
2%42
6
Mattoon15.7 mi away
2%41
7
Lowe7 mi away
2%41
8
Garrett8.6 mi away
2%41
9
Jonathan Creek7.2 mi away
2%37
10
Urbana30.4 mi away
2%32
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%654

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

How far

How far Bourbon commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bourbon is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bourbon are

2,626 jobs are based in Bourbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bourbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bourbon

2,626 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)62%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)23%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bourbon residents hold

1,727 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)43%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+63%

Jobs based in Bourbon, 2013 → 2023: 1,613 → 2,626. 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.

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