Work & commute · LaPlace

Work & commute in LaPlace, IL

Most working residents leave LaPlace for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (29%), Monticello (8%) and Cerro Gordo (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 103 LaPlace residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaPlace.

103live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaPlace goes to work

Decatur12.3 mi away

29%30

Monticello17.9 mi away

8%8

Cerro Gordo6.4 mi away

6%6

Urbana34.9 mi away

5%5

Champaign32 mi away

5%5

Forsyth15.9 mi away

4%4

Bloomington48.8 mi away

4%4

Clinton27.5 mi away

3%3

Springfield49.4 mi away

3%3

Bement11.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%33

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

How far

How far LaPlace commutes

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

47%

24%

20%

9%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaPlace is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in LaPlace are

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

Jobs based in LaPlace

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs LaPlace residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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.