Work & commute · Philo

Work & commute in Philo, IL

Most working residents leave Philo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (33%), Urbana (19%) and Tolono (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 588 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 578 Philo residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philo.

578live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philo goes to work

Champaign9.9 mi away

33%196

Urbana7.7 mi away

19%114

Tolono6.9 mi away

3%20

Champaign10.1 mi away

3%16

Chicago129.1 mi away

2%14

Savoy6.5 mi away

2%13

Mahomet17.8 mi away

2%13

Tolono5.7 mi away

2%12

Philo (in town)right here

2%10

Normal56.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%172

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

How far

How far Philo commutes

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

58%

18%

21%

58%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philo is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Philo are

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

Jobs based in Philo

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Philo residents hold

588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+23%

Jobs based in Philo, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 206. 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.