Work & commute · East Bend

Work & commute in East Bend, IL

Most working residents leave East Bend for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (26%), Urbana (10%) and Rantoul (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 233 East Bend residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Bend.

233live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Bend goes to work

Champaign17.2 mi away

26%61

Urbana18 mi away

10%23

Rantoul7.8 mi away

6%15

Fisher4.9 mi away

5%12

Gibson City8.9 mi away

5%12

Mahomet13.2 mi away

4%9

Champaign18.8 mi away

3%8

Chicago106.5 mi away

2%5

Danville38.5 mi away

2%4

Decatur49.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%83

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

How far

How far East Bend commutes

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

20%

52%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Bend is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Bend are

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

Jobs based in East Bend

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs East Bend residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−27%

Jobs based in East Bend, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 47. 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.