Work & commute · Woodside

Work & commute in Woodside, IL

Most working residents leave Woodside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (63%), Chicago (2%) and Decatur (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

264 of 5,107 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,843 Woodside residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 7,281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodside.

4,843live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

7,281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodside goes to work

Springfield4.3 mi away

63%3,202

Chicago178.7 mi away

2%113

Decatur39.9 mi away

2%88

Woodside (in town)right here

2%82

Bloomington63.3 mi away

1%69

Riverton10.6 mi away

1%67

Peoria70.6 mi away

1%61

Champaign78.4 mi away

1%48

Jacksonville30 mi away

1%41

Springfield8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,296

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

How far

How far Woodside commutes

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

70%

23%

70%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodside are

7,545 jobs are based in Woodside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodside

7,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Woodside residents hold

5,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+122%

Jobs based in Woodside, 2013 → 2023: 3,397 → 7,545. 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.