Work & commute · Friends Creek

Work & commute in Friends Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Friends Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (40%), Maroa (5%) and Clinton (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 531 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 519 Friends Creek residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friends Creek.

519live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friends Creek goes to work

Decatur12 mi away

40%211

Maroa7.4 mi away

5%27

Clinton12.2 mi away

5%25

Forsyth9.3 mi away

4%23

Springfield46.1 mi away

4%23

Chicago139.7 mi away

2%12

Maroa7.4 mi away

2%11

Champaign29.9 mi away

2%10

Monticello13.3 mi away

2%8

Bloomington33.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%173

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

How far

How far Friends Creek commutes

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

30%

37%

12%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friends Creek is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Friends Creek are

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

Jobs based in Friends Creek

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Friends Creek residents hold

531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+113%

Jobs based in Friends Creek, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 98. 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.