Work & commute · Middlefork

Work & commute in Middlefork, IL

Most working residents leave Middlefork for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (20%), Champaign (7%) and Urbana (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 579 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 568 Middlefork residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlefork.

568live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlefork goes to work

Danville17 mi away

20%116

Champaign26.9 mi away

7%43

Urbana23.6 mi away

6%34

Danville19 mi away

5%29

Chicago105.4 mi away

3%19

Rantoul16.7 mi away

3%18

Hoopeston13.6 mi away

2%14

Rossville10 mi away

2%11

Middlefork (in town)right here

2%11

Bismarck12.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%274

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

How far

How far Middlefork commutes

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

46%

17%

30%

7%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlefork is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlefork are

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

Jobs based in Middlefork

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Middlefork residents hold

579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−13%

Jobs based in Middlefork, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 103. 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.