Work & commute · Illini

Work & commute in Illini, IL

Most working residents leave Illini for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (45%), Springfield (5%) and Harristown (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 560 Illini residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Illini.

560live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Illini goes to work

Decatur9.2 mi away

45%259

Springfield30.9 mi away

5%31

Harristown5.4 mi away

3%19

Chicago151.4 mi away

3%19

Peoria64 mi away

2%13

Warrensburg1.6 mi away

2%11

Bloomington39 mi away

2%11

Champaign45 mi away

2%10

Forsyth6.5 mi away

1%8

Niantic6.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%185

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

How far

How far Illini commutes

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

48%

12%

16%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Illini is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Illini are

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

Jobs based in Illini

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Illini residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−26%

Jobs based in Illini, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 259. 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.