Work & commute · Villa Grove

Work & commute in Villa Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Villa Grove for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (18%), Urbana (12%) and Tuscola (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 936 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 859 Villa Grove residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Villa Grove.

859live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

605work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Villa Grove goes to work

Champaign18.3 mi away

18%171

Urbana17.1 mi away

12%115

Villa Grove (in town)right here

8%77

Tuscola7.8 mi away

8%76

Arcola14.6 mi away

3%31

Mattoon28.8 mi away

3%24

Camargo2.6 mi away

2%18

Savoy14.4 mi away

2%17

Arthur19.4 mi away

1%14

Tuscola7.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%379

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

How far

How far Villa Grove commutes

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

21%

48%

11%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Villa Grove is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Villa Grove are

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

Jobs based in Villa Grove

682 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Villa Grove residents hold

936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+55%

Jobs based in Villa Grove, 2013 → 2023: 441 → 682. 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.