Work & commute · Island Grove

Work & commute in Island Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Island Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (47%), New Berlin (4%) and Pleasant Plains (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 267 Island Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Grove.

267live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Grove goes to work

Springfield13.8 mi away

47%126

New Berlin2.7 mi away

4%12

Pleasant Plains7.8 mi away

4%12

Gardner8.8 mi away

3%9

Riverton20.2 mi away

2%6

Jacksonville17.8 mi away

2%6

Decatur51.7 mi away

2%6

Bloomington69.6 mi away

2%5

Chatham12.6 mi away

1%4

Champaign89.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%78

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

How far

How far Island Grove commutes

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

24%

53%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Grove is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Grove are

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

Jobs based in Island Grove

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month70%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Island Grove residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+61%

Jobs based in Island Grove, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 50. 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.