Work & commute · Denver

Work & commute in Denver, IL

Most working residents leave Denver for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Olney (26%), Olney (10%) and Effingham (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 162 Denver residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denver.

162live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denver goes to work

Olney8.2 mi away

26%42

Olney8.9 mi away

10%16

Effingham28.8 mi away

4%6

Urbana90.4 mi away

3%5

Flora17.3 mi away

2%4

Paris62.6 mi away

2%4

Springfield103 mi away

2%4

Newton13 mi away

2%3

Shelbyville52.8 mi away

2%3

Salem42.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%74

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

How far

How far Denver commutes

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

32%

18%

16%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denver is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denver are

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

Jobs based in Denver

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Denver residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+93%

Jobs based in Denver, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 27. 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.