Work & commute · Tilton

Work & commute in Tilton, IL

Most working residents leave Tilton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (36%), Danville (5%) and Champaign (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,189 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,120 Tilton residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tilton.

1,120live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tilton goes to work

Danville3.7 mi away

36%430

Tilton (in town)right here

6%69

Danville1.8 mi away

5%65

Champaign33.5 mi away

5%61

Chicago120.4 mi away

4%43

Urbana29.4 mi away

3%33

Peoria113.4 mi away

2%19

Bloomington74.8 mi away

1%16

Kankakee70.5 mi away

1%13

Normal77 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%427

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

How far

How far Tilton commutes

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

51%

13%

31%

51%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tilton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tilton are

1,027 jobs are based in Tilton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tilton

1,027 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Tilton residents hold

1,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+27%

Jobs based in Tilton, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 1,027. 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.