Work & commute · Selby

Work & commute in Selby, IL

Most working residents leave Selby for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (12%), Spring Valley (6%) and Princeton (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 747 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 715 Selby residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selby.

715live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selby goes to work

Peru10.4 mi away

12%86

Spring Valley8.7 mi away

6%47

Princeton6.5 mi away

6%47

LaSalle12.7 mi away

5%35

Ottawa26.7 mi away

3%20

Monmouth74.8 mi away

2%18

De Pue3.3 mi away

2%17

Peoria45.1 mi away

2%17

Oglesby14.9 mi away

2%15

Chicago91.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%430

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

How far

How far Selby commutes

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

33%

20%

12%

35%

33%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selby is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selby are

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

Jobs based in Selby

315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Selby residents hold

747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−82%

Jobs based in Selby, 2013 → 2023: 1,720 → 315. 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.