Work & commute · Danville

Work & commute in Danville, IL

About one in 3 of Danville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Danville (36%), Champaign (5%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

3,682 of 10,119 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 6,437 Danville residents head out of town to work, 3,682 work right here, and 10,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danville.

6,437live here, work elsewhere

3,682live and work here

10,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danville goes to work

Danville2.7 mi away

36%3,673

Danville (in town)right here

5%537

Champaign35.1 mi away

5%475

Chicago119.8 mi away

4%397

Tilton1.8 mi away

3%285

Urbana31 mi away

3%270

Bloomington76.1 mi away

2%200

Peoria114.6 mi away

2%199

Springfield109.9 mi away

1%128

Normal78.2 mi away

1%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,830

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

How far

How far Danville commutes

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

48%

12%

36%

48%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Danville are

14,677 jobs are based in Danville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danville

14,677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Danville residents hold

10,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 16,731 → 14,677. 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.