Work & commute · Cerro Gordo

Work & commute in Cerro Gordo, IL

Most working residents leave Cerro Gordo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (25%), Champaign (9%) and Monticello (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 566 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 545 Cerro Gordo residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cerro Gordo.

545live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cerro Gordo goes to work

Decatur10.8 mi away

25%140

Champaign28.9 mi away

9%53

Monticello13.1 mi away

7%40

Springfield48.8 mi away

4%25

Cerro Gordo (in town)right here

4%21

Bloomington42.4 mi away

3%17

Arthur18.5 mi away

3%15

Urbana32.3 mi away

2%10

Chicago145.3 mi away

2%10

Bement8.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%226

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

How far

How far Cerro Gordo commutes

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

18%

33%

26%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cerro Gordo is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cerro Gordo are

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

Jobs based in Cerro Gordo

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cerro Gordo residents hold

566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+27%

Jobs based in Cerro Gordo, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 173. 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.