Work & commute · Gifford

Work & commute in Gifford, IL

Most working residents leave Gifford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (25%), Urbana (16%) and Rantoul (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 352 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 338 Gifford residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gifford.

338live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gifford goes to work

Champaign18.9 mi away

25%88

Urbana16.5 mi away

16%57

Rantoul7 mi away

12%43

Gifford (in town)right here

4%14

Chicago107.1 mi away

3%12

Springfield93 mi away

3%9

Gibson City21.8 mi away

2%6

Savoy21.1 mi away

2%6

Bloomington51.2 mi away

2%6

Peoria89.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%105

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

How far

How far Gifford commutes

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

19%

58%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gifford is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gifford are

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

Jobs based in Gifford

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Gifford residents hold

352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Gifford, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 255. 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.