Work & commute · Old

Work & commute in Old, IL

Most working residents leave Old for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (49%), Normal (14%) and Peoria (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,572 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,562 Old residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old.

1,562live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old goes to work

Bloomington6.1 mi away

49%764

Normal8.7 mi away

14%221

Peoria45 mi away

3%53

Downs3.5 mi away

3%52

Chicago114 mi away

3%40

Urbana41.9 mi away

1%22

Springfield61.3 mi away

1%22

Le Roy9 mi away

1%19

Heyworth11.3 mi away

1%13

Farmer City17.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%357

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

How far

How far Old commutes

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

64%

10%

18%

64%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old 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 Old are

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

Jobs based in Old

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Old residents hold

1,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−38%

Jobs based in Old, 2013 → 2023: 442 → 276. 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.