Work & commute · Riverton

Work & commute in Riverton, IL

Most working residents leave Riverton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (50%), Decatur (3%) and Chicago (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,476 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,389 Riverton residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverton.

1,389live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverton goes to work

Springfield6.9 mi away

50%744

Riverton (in town)right here

6%87

Decatur32 mi away

3%50

Chicago168.2 mi away

2%33

Clear Lake1.3 mi away

2%33

Bloomington52.8 mi away

2%30

Peoria62.7 mi away

2%24

Sherman4.6 mi away

1%19

Jacksonville37.8 mi away

1%16

Champaign69.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%424

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

How far

How far Riverton commutes

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

57%

12%

24%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverton are

1,286 jobs are based in Riverton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverton

1,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Riverton residents hold

1,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 1,349 → 1,286. 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.