Work & commute · Paxton

Work & commute in Paxton, IL

About one in 5 of Paxton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Champaign (12%), Rantoul (7%) and Urbana (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

430 of 2,034 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,604 Paxton residents head out of town to work, 430 work right here, and 1,239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paxton.

1,604live here, work elsewhere

430live and work here

1,239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paxton goes to work

Paxton (in town)right here

21%430

Champaign25.3 mi away

12%243

Rantoul11 mi away

7%149

Urbana24.4 mi away

7%145

Gibson City14.5 mi away

7%137

Chicago97.9 mi away

3%60

Bloomington45.6 mi away

2%40

Peoria82 mi away

2%35

Patton2 mi away

2%34

Normal46.9 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%734

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

How far

How far Paxton commutes

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

24%

33%

18%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paxton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paxton are

1,669 jobs are based in Paxton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paxton

1,669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Paxton residents hold

2,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+26%

Jobs based in Paxton, 2013 → 2023: 1,328 → 1,669. 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.