Work & commute · Monticello

Work & commute in Monticello, IL

About one in 5 of Monticello’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monticello (23%), Champaign (18%) and Urbana (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

581 of 2,899 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,318 Monticello residents head out of town to work, 581 work right here, and 1,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monticello.

2,318live here, work elsewhere

581live and work here

1,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monticello goes to work

Monticello2 mi away

23%656

Champaign15.7 mi away

18%518

Urbana19.4 mi away

8%238

Decatur23.5 mi away

7%193

Springfield60.4 mi away

3%78

Bloomington38.8 mi away

2%72

Chicago133.5 mi away

2%57

Mahomet14.4 mi away

2%50

Peoria75.9 mi away

1%41

Champaign13.3 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%956

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

How far

How far Monticello commutes

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

26%

43%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monticello is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monticello are

1,912 jobs are based in Monticello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monticello

1,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Monticello residents hold

2,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 1,708 → 1,912. 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.