Work & commute · Indian Grove

Work & commute in Indian Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Indian Grove for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fairbury (17%), Pontiac (11%) and Bloomington (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

381 of 1,954 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,573 Indian Grove residents head out of town to work, 381 work right here, and 1,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Grove.

1,573live here, work elsewhere

381live and work here

1,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Grove goes to work

Fairbury2.6 mi away

17%339

Pontiac13.7 mi away

11%208

Bloomington28.2 mi away

7%132

Forrest6.9 mi away

4%81

Normal27.5 mi away

4%81

Eppards Point9.2 mi away

3%61

Chicago89.4 mi away

3%60

Gibson City18.6 mi away

2%43

Indian Grove (in town)right here

2%42

Chatsworth12.1 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%867

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

How far

How far Indian Grove commutes

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

30%

24%

20%

26%

30%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Grove are

1,619 jobs are based in Indian Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indian Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indian Grove

1,619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Indian Grove residents hold

1,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Indian Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,552 → 1,619. 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.