Work & commute · Compton

Work & commute in Compton, IL

Most working residents leave Compton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mendota (9%), Dixon (5%) and Rochelle (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 118 Compton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Compton.

118live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Compton goes to work

Mendota9.5 mi away

9%11

Dixon22.6 mi away

5%6

Rochelle15.6 mi away

5%6

Paw Paw5.5 mi away

4%5

DeKalb23.8 mi away

4%5

Aurora41.3 mi away

4%5

Amboy13.2 mi away

3%4

Peru23.5 mi away

3%4

Earlville11.2 mi away

3%3

Chicago72.9 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%66

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

How far

How far Compton commutes

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

12%

38%

27%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Compton is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Compton are

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

Jobs based in Compton

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Compton residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−84%

Jobs based in Compton, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 3. 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.