Work & commute · Harwood

Work & commute in Harwood, IL

Most working residents leave Harwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (22%), Rantoul (19%) and Urbana (13%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 233 Harwood residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harwood.

233live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harwood goes to work

Champaign20.4 mi away

22%52

Rantoul6.2 mi away

19%44

Urbana18.8 mi away

13%31

Gifford4.6 mi away

4%10

Chicago103.7 mi away

3%7

Mahomet20.7 mi away

2%5

Bloomington48 mi away

2%5

Peoria85.6 mi away

2%5

Paxton6.6 mi away

2%4

Thomasboro10.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%71

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

How far

How far Harwood commutes

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

26%

52%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harwood is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harwood are

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

Jobs based in Harwood

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Harwood residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−70%

Jobs based in Harwood, 2013 → 2023: 450 → 137. 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.