Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, IL

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (27%), Chicago (4%) and Danville (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,252 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,173 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

1,173live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Danville11.5 mi away

27%342

Georgetown (in town)right here

6%79

Chicago128.5 mi away

4%56

Danville8.8 mi away

4%56

Champaign35.1 mi away

4%54

Tilton8.1 mi away

4%48

Urbana31.1 mi away

3%37

Peoria117.2 mi away

2%29

Bloomington78.4 mi away

2%25

Joliet109.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%511

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.

17%

35%

13%

35%

17%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

292 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

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

1,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 369 → 292. 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.