Work & commute · Sangamon

Work & commute in Sangamon, IL

Most working residents leave Sangamon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (22%), Monticello (13%) and Urbana (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,031 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 987 Sangamon residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sangamon.

987live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sangamon goes to work

Champaign12.8 mi away

22%227

Monticello6.8 mi away

13%132

Urbana16.9 mi away

8%82

Decatur28.7 mi away

4%43

Mahomet8.2 mi away

3%31

Bloomington34.2 mi away

3%31

Chicago126.3 mi away

2%25

Springfield63.9 mi away

2%20

Goose Creek6.5 mi away

2%20

Champaign11.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%402

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

How far

How far Sangamon commutes

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

22%

43%

12%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sangamon is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sangamon are

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

Jobs based in Sangamon

463 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sangamon residents hold

1,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+159%

Jobs based in Sangamon, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 463. 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.