Work & commute · San Jose

Work & commute in San Jose, IL

Most working residents leave San Jose for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Lincoln (8%) and Mason City (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 165 San Jose residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Jose.

165live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Jose goes to work

Springfield35.6 mi away

14%24

Lincoln16.3 mi away

8%14

Mason City8.6 mi away

5%9

Orvil9.4 mi away

4%6

Bloomington35.4 mi away

3%5

Chicago145.6 mi away

3%5

Manito12.2 mi away

2%4

Havana23.9 mi away

2%4

Decatur47.1 mi away

2%4

Peoria30.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%88

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

How far

How far San Jose commutes

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

16%

22%

28%

33%

16%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Jose is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Jose are

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

Jobs based in San Jose

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs San Jose residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−18%

Jobs based in San Jose, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 32. 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.