Work & commute · Somer

Work & commute in Somer, IL

Most working residents leave Somer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (40%), Urbana (13%) and Champaign (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 399 Somer residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 621 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somer.

399live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

621work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somer goes to work

Champaign7.1 mi away

40%160

Urbana5 mi away

13%54

Champaign9.5 mi away

5%20

Chicago117.3 mi away

4%16

Mahomet11.5 mi away

3%11

Monticello23.5 mi away

2%9

Savoy9.4 mi away

2%8

Rantoul8.5 mi away

2%8

Somer (in town)right here

1%5

Danville29.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%109

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

How far

How far Somer commutes

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

65%

11%

19%

65%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somer is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Somer are

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

Jobs based in Somer

626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Somer residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−6%

Jobs based in Somer, 2013 → 2023: 663 → 626. 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.