Work & commute · Hickory Point

Work & commute in Hickory Point, IL

Most working residents leave Hickory Point for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (51%), Springfield (5%) and Forsyth (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

781 of 6,920 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 6,139 Hickory Point residents head out of town to work, 781 work right here, and 5,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory Point.

6,139live here, work elsewhere

781live and work here

5,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hickory Point goes to work

Decatur4.9 mi away

51%3,502

Springfield36.7 mi away

5%350

Forsyth0.6 mi away

3%224

Chicago148.6 mi away

3%189

Peoria66.7 mi away

2%142

Bloomington38.4 mi away

2%117

Champaign39.3 mi away

2%104

Carbondale152.5 mi away

1%89

Whitmore6.3 mi away

1%68

Urbana43.1 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,074

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

How far

How far Hickory Point commutes

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

59%

15%

23%

59%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory Point are

6,749 jobs are based in Hickory Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hickory Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hickory Point

6,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hickory Point residents hold

6,920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−25%

Jobs based in Hickory Point, 2013 → 2023: 9,036 → 6,749. 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.