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Work & commute · Tuscola

Work & commute in Tuscola, IL

Most working residents leave Tuscola for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (11%), Urbana (8%) and Arcola (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
339 of 1,942 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,603 Tuscola residents head out of town to work, 339 work right here, and 1,199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuscola.

1,603live here, work elsewhere
339live and work here
1,199work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tuscola goes to work

ArthurVilla GroveArcolaTuscolaMonticelloCharlestonUrbanaMattoonEffinghamChampaignBourbonTuscolaChampaignUrbanaArcolaArthurMattoonVilla GroveCharlestonEffinghamTuscolaTuscola
1
Tuscola (in town)right here
17%339
2
Champaign22 mi away
11%223
3
Urbana22.1 mi away
8%158
4
Arcola7.9 mi away
7%137
5
Arthur11.7 mi away
4%82
6
Mattoon22.5 mi away
4%68
7
Villa Grove7.8 mi away
2%45
8
Charleston22.1 mi away
2%37
9
Effingham48.9 mi away
2%37
10
Tuscola1.3 mi away
2%37
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%779

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

How far

How far Tuscola commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tuscola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuscola are

1,538 jobs are based in Tuscola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tuscola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tuscola

1,538 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Tuscola residents hold

1,942 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+0%

Jobs based in Tuscola, 2013 → 2023: 1,536 → 1,538. 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.

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