Work & commute · Dry Grove

Work & commute in Dry Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Dry Grove for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (36%), Normal (21%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 685 Dry Grove residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 7,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dry Grove.

685live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

7,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dry Grove goes to work

Bloomington7.8 mi away

36%264

Normal5.5 mi away

21%156

Chicago115.9 mi away

3%23

Peoria31.1 mi away

3%20

Urbana55.8 mi away

2%15

Allin8.9 mi away

1%9

Twin Grove4.1 mi away

1%9

Champaign52.2 mi away

1%8

Pekin27.9 mi away

1%7

Springfield59.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%225

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

How far

How far Dry Grove commutes

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

59%

10%

22%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dry Grove is a job hub

10.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

10.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dry Grove are

7,608 jobs are based in Dry Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dry Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dry Grove

7,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Dry Grove residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+275%

Jobs based in Dry Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,027 → 7,608. 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.