Work & commute · Farmer

Work & commute in Farmer, IL

Most working residents leave Farmer for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (12%), Urbana (8%) and Decatur (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

119 of 748 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 629 Farmer residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmer.

629live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmer goes to work

Farmer City (in town)right here

16%119

Champaign21.5 mi away

12%89

Urbana25.3 mi away

8%60

Decatur31.2 mi away

3%23

Bloomington23.4 mi away

3%23

Santa Anna0.6 mi away

3%22

Springfield61.8 mi away

3%21

Clinton18.4 mi away

3%20

Monticello15.3 mi away

2%18

Chicago120.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%337

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

How far

How far Farmer commutes

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

22%

36%

11%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmer is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmer are

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

Jobs based in Farmer

484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Farmer residents hold

748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−22%

Jobs based in Farmer, 2013 → 2023: 620 → 484. 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.