Work & commute · Drummer

Work & commute in Drummer, IL

About one in 3 of Drummer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gibson City (33%), Champaign (6%) and Bloomington (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

627 of 1,916 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,289 Drummer residents head out of town to work, 627 work right here, and 1,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drummer.

1,289live here, work elsewhere

627live and work here

1,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drummer goes to work

Gibson City1 mi away

33%625

Champaign24.7 mi away

6%120

Bloomington30.2 mi away

6%114

Urbana26.3 mi away

4%70

Normal31.6 mi away

3%61

Chicago102.2 mi away

3%52

Paxton15.4 mi away

3%49

Rantoul16.7 mi away

2%40

Peoria67.2 mi away

2%36

Danville46.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%726

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

How far

How far Drummer commutes

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

35%

16%

23%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drummer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Drummer are

2,568 jobs are based in Drummer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Drummer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Drummer

2,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Drummer residents hold

1,916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+24%

Jobs based in Drummer, 2013 → 2023: 2,076 → 2,568. 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.