Work & commute · Forsyth

Work & commute in Forsyth, IL

Most working residents leave Forsyth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (50%), Springfield (5%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,423 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,351 Forsyth residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 1,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forsyth.

1,351live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

1,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forsyth goes to work

Decatur5.1 mi away

50%711

Forsyth (in town)right here

5%72

Springfield37.3 mi away

5%65

Chicago148 mi away

3%39

Peoria66.6 mi away

2%31

Clinton15.3 mi away

2%30

Bloomington38 mi away

2%23

Carbondale152.9 mi away

2%22

Champaign38.7 mi away

1%21

Maroa7.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%392

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

How far

How far Forsyth commutes

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

60%

14%

21%

60%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forsyth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Forsyth are

1,627 jobs are based in Forsyth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forsyth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forsyth

1,627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Forsyth residents hold

1,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−14%

Jobs based in Forsyth, 2013 → 2023: 1,894 → 1,627. 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.