Work & commute · Unity

Work & commute in Unity, IL

Most working residents leave Unity for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monticello (12%), Champaign (10%) and Bement (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 632 Unity residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Unity.

632live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Unity goes to work

Monticello14.5 mi away

12%78

Champaign24 mi away

10%65

Bement7.1 mi away

8%51

Decatur21.5 mi away

7%47

Arthur8.3 mi away

5%34

Urbana26.4 mi away

5%30

Springfield59.2 mi away

3%20

Tuscola13.6 mi away

2%16

Bloomington50.6 mi away

2%15

Bourbon10.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%278

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

How far

How far Unity commutes

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

16%

37%

19%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Unity is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Unity are

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

Jobs based in Unity

108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Unity residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−30%

Jobs based in Unity, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 108. 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.