Work & commute · Westville

Work & commute in Westville, IL

Most working residents leave Westville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (35%), Danville (6%) and Tilton (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,362 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,260 Westville residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westville.

1,260live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westville goes to work

Danville7 mi away

35%471

Westville (in town)right here

7%102

Danville4.4 mi away

6%76

Tilton3.5 mi away

4%57

Urbana29.9 mi away

4%55

Champaign34 mi away

4%48

Chicago123.9 mi away

3%47

Bloomington76.3 mi away

2%32

Peoria115 mi away

2%23

Normal78.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%434

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

How far

How far Westville commutes

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

55%

13%

29%

55%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westville is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westville are

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

Jobs based in Westville

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Westville residents hold

1,362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in Westville, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 363. 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.