Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, IL

Most working residents leave Lexington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (25%), Normal (13%) and Chenoa (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 914 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 858 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

858live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington goes to work

Bloomington15.3 mi away

25%229

Normal14 mi away

13%119

Lexington (in town)right here

6%56

Chenoa6.9 mi away

5%46

Pontiac18.3 mi away

5%45

Fairbury15.7 mi away

4%41

Chicago100.1 mi away

3%28

Peoria44.2 mi away

3%28

Urbana48.3 mi away

2%14

Gridley8.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%297

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

14%

57%

12%

17%

14%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington are

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

Jobs based in Lexington

442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+80%

Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 442. 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.