Work & commute · Rantoul

Work & commute in Rantoul, IL

About one in 4 of Rantoul’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Champaign (20%), Urbana (11%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,182 of 4,578 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,396 Rantoul residents head out of town to work, 1,182 work right here, and 2,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rantoul.

3,396live here, work elsewhere

1,182live and work here

2,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rantoul goes to work

Rantoul (in town)right here

26%1,182

Champaign14.5 mi away

20%896

Urbana13.5 mi away

11%507

Chicago108.8 mi away

4%188

Champaign16.8 mi away

2%112

Bloomington44.5 mi away

2%83

Springfield86.4 mi away

1%67

Gibson City16.4 mi away

1%62

Gifford7 mi away

1%54

Peoria82.8 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,375

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.

29%

40%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rantoul is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rantoul are

3,871 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

3,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rantoul residents hold

4,578 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−6%

Jobs based in Rantoul, 2013 → 2023: 4,108 → 3,871. 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.