Work & commute · Rantoul

Work & commute in Rantoul, IL

Most working residents leave Rantoul for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Rantoul (24%), Champaign (21%) and Urbana (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

671 of 3,949 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,278 Rantoul residents head out of town to work, 671 work right here, and 2,335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rantoul.

3,278live here, work elsewhere

671live and work here

2,335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rantoul goes to work

Rantoul2.3 mi away

24%940

Champaign12.3 mi away

21%817

Urbana11.2 mi away

11%447

Chicago111.1 mi away

4%170

Champaign14.6 mi away

3%99

Bloomington44.7 mi away

2%67

Gifford8 mi away

2%66

Springfield85 mi away

2%61

Gibson City17.6 mi away

1%46

Paxton13.2 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,191

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

How far

How far Rantoul commutes

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

31%

38%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rantoul is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rantoul are

3,006 jobs are based in Rantoul. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rantoul’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rantoul

3,006 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rantoul residents hold

3,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−24%

Jobs based in Rantoul, 2013 → 2023: 3,930 → 3,006. 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.