Work & commute · Camargo

Work & commute in Camargo, IL

Most working residents leave Camargo for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (17%), Urbana (13%) and Villa Grove (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

163 of 1,376 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,213 Camargo residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camargo.

1,213live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camargo goes to work

Champaign20.6 mi away

17%236

Urbana19.6 mi away

13%175

Villa Grove2.6 mi away

9%119

Tuscola6.2 mi away

8%107

Arcola12.2 mi away

3%43

Camargo (in town)right here

3%37

Mattoon26.3 mi away

3%35

Savoy16.7 mi away

2%22

Arthur17.9 mi away

1%20

Chicago141.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%562

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

How far

How far Camargo commutes

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

21%

47%

11%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camargo is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camargo are

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

Jobs based in Camargo

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Camargo residents hold

1,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+67%

Jobs based in Camargo, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 880. 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.