Work & commute · South Ross

Work & commute in South Ross, IL

Most working residents leave South Ross for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (25%), Champaign (6%) and Urbana (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 453 South Ross residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Ross.

453live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Ross goes to work

Danville11.4 mi away

25%115

Champaign35.4 mi away

6%29

Urbana31.7 mi away

6%28

Danville14 mi away

3%16

Tilton14.5 mi away

3%13

Rantoul26.5 mi away

3%12

Normal72.1 mi away

2%9

Chicago105.9 mi away

2%9

Henning2.6 mi away

2%8

Peoria107.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%216

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

How far

How far South Ross commutes

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

11%

33%

22%

33%

11%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Ross is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Ross are

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

Jobs based in South Ross

251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs South Ross residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+68%

Jobs based in South Ross, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 251. 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.