Work & commute · Long Point

Work & commute in Long Point, IL

Most working residents leave Long Point for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (13%), Bloomington (8%) and Streator (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 179 Long Point residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Point.

179live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Point goes to work

Pontiac13.4 mi away

13%24

Bloomington34.7 mi away

8%14

Streator10.8 mi away

5%10

Normal31.9 mi away

5%9

El Paso17.8 mi away

4%7

Champaign67.1 mi away

4%7

Nebraska6.3 mi away

3%6

Flanagan6.6 mi away

3%5

Chicago85.8 mi away

3%5

Morris36.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%92

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

How far

How far Long Point commutes

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

16%

31%

21%

32%

16%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Point is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Point are

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

Jobs based in Long Point

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Long Point residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+5%

Jobs based in Long Point, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 20. 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.