Work & commute · Danville

Work & commute in Danville, IL

40% of Danville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Danville (5%), Champaign (4%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

4,301 of 10,848 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 6,547 Danville residents head out of town to work, 4,301 work right here, and 11,042 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danville.

6,547live here, work elsewhere

4,301live and work here

11,042work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danville goes to work

Danville (in town)right here

40%4,301

Danville2.7 mi away

5%579

Champaign35.1 mi away

4%479

Chicago117.1 mi away

4%430

Urbana31.1 mi away

3%308

Tilton3.7 mi away

2%213

Bloomington75.2 mi away

2%207

Peoria113.6 mi away

2%207

Normal77.3 mi away

1%140

Springfield110.4 mi away

1%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,863

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.

50%

12%

35%

50%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Danville are

15,343 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

15,343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Danville residents hold

10,848 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−13%

Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 17,615 → 15,343. 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.