Work & commute · Yates

Work & commute in Yates, IL

Most working residents leave Yates for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (25%), Normal (10%) and Lexington (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 103 Yates residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yates.

103live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yates goes to work

Bloomington24.5 mi away

25%26

Normal23.4 mi away

10%10

Lexington9.5 mi away

9%9

Fairbury6.3 mi away

7%7

Chenoa5.2 mi away

7%7

Gibson City22 mi away

3%3

Pontiac11.7 mi away

3%3

Chicago91.5 mi away

3%3

Gridley13.1 mi away

2%2

East Peoria47.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%33

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

How far

How far Yates commutes

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

16%

46%

21%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yates is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yates are

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

Jobs based in Yates

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Yates residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−38%

Jobs based in Yates, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 47. 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.