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Work & commute · Compromise

Work & commute in Compromise, IL

Most working residents leave Compromise for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (23%), Urbana (18%) and Rantoul (13%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
14 of 522 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 Compromise residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Compromise.

508live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
166work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Compromise goes to work

GiffordThomasboroGibson CityPaxtonHoopestonRantoulUrbanaChampaignBloomingtonChicagoSpringfieldKerrChampaignLudlowRantoulSt. JosephOgdenCompromisePilotMiddleforkStantonChampaignUrbanaRantoulGiffordChicagoPaxtonGibson CitySpringfieldChampaignBloomingtonCompromise
1
Champaign17.6 mi away
23%119
2
Urbana14.7 mi away
18%94
3
Rantoul8.3 mi away
13%68
4
Gifford3.1 mi away
3%18
5
Chicago109.9 mi away
3%16
6
Paxton14.2 mi away
2%12
7
Gibson City24.1 mi away
2%11
8
Springfield92.6 mi away
2%10
9
Champaign20 mi away
2%10
10
Bloomington52.8 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%156

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

How far

How far Compromise commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
60%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Compromise is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Compromise are

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

Jobs based in Compromise

180 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Compromise residents hold

522 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+24%

Jobs based in Compromise, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 180. 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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