Work & commute · Eppards Point

Work & commute in Eppards Point, IL

Most working residents leave Eppards Point for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fairbury (18%), Bloomington (9%) and Pontiac (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 157 Eppards Point residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eppards Point.

157live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eppards Point goes to work

Fairbury8.2 mi away

18%30

Bloomington28.4 mi away

9%15

Pontiac5.7 mi away

8%13

Forrest13.2 mi away

7%11

Eppards Point (in town)right here

6%10

Normal26.7 mi away

4%6

Chicago87 mi away

3%5

Naperville69.9 mi away

2%4

Indian Grove9.2 mi away

2%4

Champaign51.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%66

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

How far

How far Eppards Point commutes

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

35%

21%

14%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eppards Point is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eppards Point are

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

Jobs based in Eppards Point

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Eppards Point residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+137%

Jobs based in Eppards Point, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 327. 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.