Work & commute · Champaign

Work & commute in Champaign, IL

45% of Champaign’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Champaign (45%), Urbana (15%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

13,301 of 29,792 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,491 Champaign residents head out of town to work, 13,301 work right here, and 32,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Champaign.

16,491live here, work elsewhere

13,301live and work here

32,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Champaign goes to work

Champaign0 mi away

45%13,301

Urbana4.1 mi away

15%4,426

Chicago123 mi away

4%1,252

Champaign2.5 mi away

2%703

Springfield75.9 mi away

2%475

Savoy3.9 mi away

1%428

Bloomington44.4 mi away

1%423

Peoria83.2 mi away

1%386

Rantoul14.5 mi away

1%323

Danville35.1 mi away

1%293

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7,782

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

How far

How far Champaign commutes

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

66%

24%

66%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Champaign is a job hub

1.54jobs 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 Champaign are

45,898 jobs are based in Champaign. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Champaign’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Champaign

45,898 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Champaign residents hold

29,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Champaign, 2013 → 2023: 45,264 → 45,898. 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.