Work & commute · Gilman

Work & commute in Gilman, IL

Most working residents leave Gilman for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Onarga (6%), Onarga (5%) and Kankakee (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

146 of 809 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 663 Gilman residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilman.

663live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilman goes to work

Gilman (in town)right here

18%146

Onarga3.1 mi away

6%51

Onarga4.5 mi away

5%40

Kankakee24.7 mi away

5%37

Watseka14.2 mi away

3%26

Chicago76.2 mi away

3%24

Paxton21.6 mi away

3%22

Gibson City28.3 mi away

2%19

Peoria84.6 mi away

2%16

Champaign46.9 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%413

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

How far

How far Gilman commutes

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

35%

15%

22%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilman are

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

Jobs based in Gilman

876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Gilman residents hold

809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2%

Jobs based in Gilman, 2013 → 2023: 855 → 876. 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.