Work & commute · Gibson

Work & commute in Gibson, IL

About one in 3 of Gibson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Champaign (6%), Bloomington (6%) and Urbana (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

538 of 1,604 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,066 Gibson residents head out of town to work, 538 work right here, and 2,009 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibson.

1,066live here, work elsewhere

538live and work here

2,009work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibson goes to work

Gibson City (in town)right here

34%538

Champaign25 mi away

6%103

Bloomington31.1 mi away

6%95

Urbana26.4 mi away

4%61

Normal32.4 mi away

3%49

Chicago101.3 mi away

3%46

Paxton14.5 mi away

2%37

Rantoul16.4 mi away

2%35

Peoria67.9 mi away

2%32

Danville46.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%587

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

How far

How far Gibson commutes

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

36%

15%

23%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibson is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibson are

2,547 jobs are based in Gibson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gibson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gibson

2,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Gibson residents hold

1,604 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 month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+25%

Jobs based in Gibson, 2013 → 2023: 2,030 → 2,547. 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.