Work & commute · Williamsville

Work & commute in Williamsville, IL

Most working residents leave Williamsville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (53%), Sherman (5%) and Riverton (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 683 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 656 Williamsville residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamsville.

656live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamsville goes to work

Springfield12.7 mi away

53%360

Sherman6 mi away

5%34

Williamsville (in town)right here

4%27

Riverton7.7 mi away

3%22

Bloomington46.9 mi away

2%15

Decatur33 mi away

2%13

Chicago162.1 mi away

2%12

Normal48.5 mi away

2%11

Peoria55 mi away

2%11

Lincoln16.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%169

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

How far

How far Williamsville commutes

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

19%

55%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamsville is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamsville are

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

Jobs based in Williamsville

438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Williamsville residents hold

683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−19%

Jobs based in Williamsville, 2013 → 2023: 541 → 438. 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.