Work & commute · Olney

Work & commute in Olney, IL

About one in 3 of Olney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Olney (7%), Flora (2%) and Salem (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,088 of 3,217 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,129 Olney residents head out of town to work, 1,088 work right here, and 2,494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olney.

2,129live here, work elsewhere

1,088live and work here

2,494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olney goes to work

Olney (in town)right here

34%1,088

Olney1.2 mi away

7%228

Flora21.4 mi away

2%79

Salem47.7 mi away

2%70

Effingham36.9 mi away

2%66

Albion24.3 mi away

2%62

Newton18.4 mi away

2%55

Charleston52.5 mi away

1%48

Vincennes, IN31.2 mi away

1%47

Chicago215.8 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,429

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

How far

How far Olney commutes

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

43%

12%

15%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olney is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olney are

3,582 jobs are based in Olney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olney

3,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Olney residents hold

3,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−20%

Jobs based in Olney, 2013 → 2023: 4,465 → 3,582. 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.