Work & commute · Newell

Work & commute in Newell, IL

Most working residents leave Newell for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (42%), Danville (6%) and Champaign (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

746 of 5,903 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 5,157 Newell residents head out of town to work, 746 work right here, and 3,579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newell.

5,157live here, work elsewhere

746live and work here

3,579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newell goes to work

Danville4.4 mi away

42%2,475

Danville7.1 mi away

6%343

Champaign36.5 mi away

4%246

Chicago112.8 mi away

4%221

Urbana32.5 mi away

3%186

Tilton8 mi away

2%114

Bloomington74.8 mi away

2%98

Peoria112.8 mi away

2%98

Bismarck3.8 mi away

2%94

Springfield112.2 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,960

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

How far

How far Newell commutes

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

53%

12%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newell is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newell are

4,325 jobs are based in Newell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newell

4,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Newell residents hold

5,903 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−12%

Jobs based in Newell, 2013 → 2023: 4,894 → 4,325. 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.