Work & commute · Sibley

Work & commute in Sibley, IL

Most working residents leave Sibley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gibson City (24%), Urbana (6%) and Paxton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 132 Sibley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sibley.

132live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sibley goes to work

Gibson City8.3 mi away

24%33

Urbana34.3 mi away

6%8

Paxton17 mi away

4%5

Sibley (in town)right here

3%4

Chatsworth10.1 mi away

3%4

Bloomington32 mi away

3%4

Patton16.2 mi away

3%4

Fairbury13.1 mi away

2%3

Champaign33.2 mi away

2%3

Peach Orchard5.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%65

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

How far

How far Sibley commutes

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

33%

18%

26%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sibley is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sibley are

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

Jobs based in Sibley

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sibley residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+85%

Jobs based in Sibley, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 50. 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.