Work & commute · Hensley

Work & commute in Hensley, IL

Most working residents leave Hensley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (37%), Urbana (18%) and Champaign (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 435 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 430 Hensley residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hensley.

430live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hensley goes to work

Champaign5.1 mi away

37%162

Urbana7.5 mi away

18%78

Champaign6.6 mi away

4%16

Mahomet4.8 mi away

3%15

Chicago118.5 mi away

3%11

Savoy9.1 mi away

2%9

Springfield76.3 mi away

2%9

Bloomington40.7 mi away

2%8

Decatur40.6 mi away

1%6

Peoria79.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%115

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

How far

How far Hensley commutes

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

67%

20%

67%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hensley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hensley are

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

Jobs based in Hensley

475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hensley residents hold

435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+133%

Jobs based in Hensley, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 475. 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.