Work & commute · Mahomet

Work & commute in Mahomet, IL

Most working residents leave Mahomet for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (33%), Urbana (17%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

472 of 4,292 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,820 Mahomet residents head out of town to work, 472 work right here, and 1,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahomet.

3,820live here, work elsewhere

472live and work here

1,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahomet goes to work

Champaign8 mi away

33%1,436

Urbana11.6 mi away

17%742

Mahomet (in town)right here

11%472

Chicago119.6 mi away

3%144

Champaign8 mi away

2%80

Rantoul14.6 mi away

2%66

Gibson City19.1 mi away

1%61

Springfield71.9 mi away

1%60

Bloomington36.4 mi away

1%52

Savoy11.5 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,129

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

How far

How far Mahomet commutes

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

40%

35%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahomet is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahomet are

2,012 jobs are based in Mahomet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mahomet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mahomet

2,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mahomet residents hold

4,292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+44%

Jobs based in Mahomet, 2013 → 2023: 1,398 → 2,012. 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.