Work & commute · Willow Branch

Work & commute in Willow Branch, IL

Most working residents leave Willow Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (20%), Champaign (11%) and Monticello (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 416 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 412 Willow Branch residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Branch.

412live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willow Branch goes to work

Decatur16.2 mi away

20%84

Champaign23.2 mi away

11%46

Monticello6.5 mi away

10%41

Urbana26.9 mi away

4%16

Springfield52.9 mi away

4%16

Cerro Gordo7.3 mi away

4%15

Bloomington37.2 mi away

2%9

Chicago138.1 mi away

2%9

Forsyth15.6 mi away

2%8

Peoria72.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%165

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

How far

How far Willow Branch commutes

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

16%

43%

17%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Branch is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Branch are

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

Jobs based in Willow Branch

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Willow Branch residents hold

416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−42%

Jobs based in Willow Branch, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 42. 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.