Work & commute · Downs

Work & commute in Downs, IL

Most working residents leave Downs for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (50%), Normal (13%) and Peoria (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 564 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Downs residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Downs.

547live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Downs goes to work

Bloomington6.8 mi away

50%280

Normal10 mi away

13%72

Peoria45.3 mi away

4%21

Downs (in town)right here

3%17

Heyworth7.9 mi away

2%11

Chicago117.5 mi away

2%10

Urbana41.6 mi away

1%7

Old Town3.5 mi away

1%7

Bloomington5.1 mi away

1%5

Gibson City27.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%130

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

How far

How far Downs commutes

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

62%

11%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Downs is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Downs are

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

Jobs based in Downs

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Downs residents hold

564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+73%

Jobs based in Downs, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 414. 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.