Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, IL

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (31%), Danville (5%) and Westville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

269 of 3,097 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,828 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

2,828live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Danville10 mi away

31%966

Danville7.4 mi away

5%151

Westville3 mi away

4%133

Chicago126.8 mi away

4%123

Tilton6.4 mi away

4%119

Champaign33.7 mi away

4%115

Urbana29.7 mi away

4%111

Georgetown2 mi away

4%109

Bloomington76.7 mi away

2%65

Peoria115.6 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,141

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

37%

18%

12%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

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

Jobs based in Georgetown

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

3,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 873 → 764. 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.