Work & commute · Tolono

Work & commute in Tolono, IL

Most working residents leave Tolono for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (34%), Urbana (16%) and Savoy (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

173 of 2,749 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,576 Tolono residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 1,432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tolono.

2,576live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

1,432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tolono goes to work

Champaign6.7 mi away

34%933

Urbana7.9 mi away

16%453

Savoy3.3 mi away

4%113

Chicago129.5 mi away

4%99

Tolono (in town)right here

3%76

Champaign5.2 mi away

3%71

Tolono2.2 mi away

2%46

Springfield73.7 mi away

2%45

Philo6.9 mi away

1%38

Mahomet13.1 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%843

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

How far

How far Tolono commutes

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

62%

13%

20%

62%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tolono is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tolono are

1,605 jobs are based in Tolono. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tolono’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tolono

1,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Tolono residents hold

2,749 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+67%

Jobs based in Tolono, 2013 → 2023: 960 → 1,605. 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.