Work & commute · Gridley

Work & commute in Gridley, IL

Most working residents leave Gridley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (33%), Normal (18%) and El Paso (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 868 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 839 Gridley residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gridley.

839live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gridley goes to work

Bloomington17.2 mi away

33%286

Normal14.7 mi away

18%160

El Paso6.9 mi away

4%34

Peoria38.1 mi away

4%34

Chicago99.5 mi away

3%26

Gridley1.9 mi away

3%23

Urbana55.6 mi away

2%18

Springfield75.4 mi away

1%12

Fairbury19.7 mi away

1%9

Decatur59.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%258

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

How far

How far Gridley commutes

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

59%

10%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gridley is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gridley are

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

Jobs based in Gridley

386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Gridley residents hold

868 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−19%

Jobs based in Gridley, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 386. 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.