Work & commute · Round Grove

Work & commute in Round Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Round Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (12%), Dwight (5%) and Urbana (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 155 Round Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Grove.

155live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Grove goes to work

Pontiac21.4 mi away

12%19

Dwight6.5 mi away

5%8

Urbana66.4 mi away

4%6

Bloomington53.7 mi away

4%6

Normal52.2 mi away

3%5

Odell12.2 mi away

3%4

Morris22.4 mi away

3%4

Chicago62.1 mi away

3%4

Forrest22.6 mi away

2%3

Rantoul53.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%94

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

How far

How far Round Grove commutes

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

10%

32%

15%

43%

10%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Grove is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Grove are

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

Jobs based in Round Grove

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Round Grove residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+57%

Jobs based in Round Grove, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 36. 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.