Work & commute · Chenoa

Work & commute in Chenoa, IL

Most working residents leave Chenoa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (26%), Normal (12%) and Lexington (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 829 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 804 Chenoa residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chenoa.

804live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chenoa goes to work

Bloomington22.1 mi away

26%212

Normal20.4 mi away

12%99

Lexington6.9 mi away

7%54

Pontiac11.5 mi away

6%51

Fairbury11.1 mi away

4%35

Chenoa (in town)right here

3%25

Peoria46.6 mi away

3%25

Chicago93.3 mi away

2%18

Gibson City26.1 mi away

2%14

Springfield81.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%282

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

How far

How far Chenoa commutes

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

15%

53%

11%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chenoa is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chenoa are

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

Jobs based in Chenoa

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Chenoa residents hold

829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Chenoa, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 264. 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.