Work & commute · Newman

Work & commute in Newman, IL

Most working residents leave Newman for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (10%), Urbana (8%) and Newman (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 377 Newman residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newman.

377live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newman goes to work

Champaign24.5 mi away

10%40

Urbana22.1 mi away

8%32

Newman2.3 mi away

7%27

Arcola19 mi away

5%21

Paris22.1 mi away

4%16

Mattoon31.1 mi away

4%16

Arthur26.3 mi away

3%12

Tuscola14.9 mi away

3%11

Springfield87.4 mi away

2%10

Charleston25.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%213

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

How far

How far Newman commutes

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

13%

32%

30%

24%

13%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newman is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newman are

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

Jobs based in Newman

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Newman residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+29%

Jobs based in Newman, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 170. 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.