Work & commute · Saybrook

Work & commute in Saybrook, IL

Most working residents leave Saybrook for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (30%), Normal (12%) and Gibson City (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Saybrook residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saybrook.

259live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saybrook goes to work

Bloomington23.6 mi away

30%81

Normal25.3 mi away

12%33

Gibson City8.2 mi away

10%28

Saybrook (in town)right here

4%10

Peoria61.5 mi away

3%9

Champaign25.4 mi away

3%8

Colfax10.7 mi away

2%6

Springfield73.7 mi away

2%6

Urbana28 mi away

2%5

Chicago106.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%78

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

How far

How far Saybrook commutes

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

16%

44%

19%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saybrook 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 Saybrook are

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

Jobs based in Saybrook

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Saybrook residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−17%

Jobs based in Saybrook, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 63. 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.