Work & commute · Jerome

Work & commute in Jerome, IL

Most working residents leave Jerome for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (64%), Decatur (2%) and Woodside (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 740 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 735 Jerome residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerome.

735live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerome goes to work

Springfield2.4 mi away

64%476

Decatur40 mi away

2%13

Woodside2.6 mi away

2%13

Jacksonville29.5 mi away

1%11

Chicago176.9 mi away

1%10

Peoria68.1 mi away

1%10

Champaign78.1 mi away

1%9

Bloomington61.6 mi away

1%7

Riverton9.3 mi away

1%6

Normal63.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%179

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

How far

How far Jerome commutes

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

71%

22%

71%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerome is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerome are

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

Jobs based in Jerome

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Jerome residents hold

740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−36%

Jobs based in Jerome, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 277. 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.