Work & commute · Thomasboro

Work & commute in Thomasboro, IL

Most working residents leave Thomasboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (22%), Rantoul (15%) and Urbana (13%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 383 Thomasboro residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomasboro.

383live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomasboro goes to work

Champaign10.1 mi away

22%84

Rantoul4.4 mi away

15%60

Urbana9.3 mi away

13%49

Chicago113.2 mi away

4%16

Gifford9.8 mi away

4%15

Champaign12.4 mi away

3%11

Bloomington44.2 mi away

2%9

Decatur47.7 mi away

2%6

Thomasboro (in town)right here

1%5

Paxton15.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%128

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

How far

How far Thomasboro commutes

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

52%

17%

10%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomasboro is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomasboro are

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

Jobs based in Thomasboro

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Thomasboro residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−23%

Jobs based in Thomasboro, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 153. 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.