Work & commute · Le Roy

Work & commute in Le Roy, IL

Most working residents leave Le Roy for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (32%), Normal (11%) and Peoria (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

210 of 1,554 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,344 Le Roy residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Roy.

1,344live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

549work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Roy goes to work

Bloomington14.5 mi away

32%496

Le Roy (in town)right here

14%210

Normal17.4 mi away

11%172

Peoria53.2 mi away

3%40

Chicago117.7 mi away

2%36

Champaign30 mi away

2%24

Springfield60.1 mi away

2%24

Farmer City8.9 mi away

1%22

Downs7.9 mi away

1%22

Gibson City21.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%490

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

How far

How far Le Roy commutes

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

18%

50%

12%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Roy is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Roy are

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

Jobs based in Le Roy

759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Le Roy residents hold

1,554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Le Roy, 2013 → 2023: 706 → 759. 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.