Work & commute · Odell

Work & commute in Odell, IL

Most working residents leave Odell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (12%), Dwight (6%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

34 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 407 Odell residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odell.

407live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odell goes to work

Pontiac9.9 mi away

12%50

Dwight8.6 mi away

6%25

Chicago72.2 mi away

5%21

Kankakee35.1 mi away

3%12

Bloomington43.2 mi away

3%11

Joliet40.5 mi away

2%10

Morris26.6 mi away

2%9

Springfield102.4 mi away

2%9

Piper City24.4 mi away

2%8

Odell (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%252

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

How far

How far Odell commutes

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

12%

23%

31%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odell is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odell are

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

Jobs based in Odell

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Odell residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−29%

Jobs based in Odell, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 87. 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.