Work & commute · Fancy Creek

Work & commute in Fancy Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Fancy Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (53%), Sherman (4%) and Williamsville (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 2,744 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,593 Fancy Creek residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fancy Creek.

2,593live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fancy Creek goes to work

Springfield8.9 mi away

53%1,467

Sherman3.6 mi away

4%122

Williamsville6.7 mi away

3%69

Bloomington52.9 mi away

2%56

Chicago167.9 mi away

2%54

Decatur38.7 mi away

2%53

Riverton8.2 mi away

2%51

Springfield5 mi away

1%41

Fancy Creek (in town)right here

1%35

Peoria57.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%766

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

How far

How far Fancy Creek commutes

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

60%

13%

22%

60%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fancy Creek is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fancy Creek are

1,019 jobs are based in Fancy Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fancy Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fancy Creek

1,019 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fancy Creek residents hold

2,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+53%

Jobs based in Fancy Creek, 2013 → 2023: 664 → 1,019. 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.