Work & commute · Maroa

Work & commute in Maroa, IL

Most working residents leave Maroa for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (37%), Maroa (6%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 741 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 679 Maroa residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maroa.

679live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maroa goes to work

Decatur10.8 mi away

37%273

Maroa1.8 mi away

6%44

Springfield39.2 mi away

5%40

Clinton9.4 mi away

5%35

Forsyth5.9 mi away

4%29

Chicago142.7 mi away

3%19

Maroa (in town)right here

2%18

Bloomington32.1 mi away

2%15

Whitmore8 mi away

2%15

Monticello20.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%242

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

How far

How far Maroa commutes

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

26%

38%

16%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maroa is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maroa are

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

Jobs based in Maroa

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Maroa residents hold

741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+21%

Jobs based in Maroa, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 268. 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.