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Jobs & commute in Cornland

Cornland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Employers in Cornland report 1 jobs for 27 working residents. Hardly any work in Cornland; the top destination outside it is Lincoln (22%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Cornland by day and by night

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night24
Workday0
24live here− 27head out to work+ 1come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Cornland on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Cornland goes to work

Broadwell: 1 residents work here (4%)Villa Grove: 1 residents work here (4%)Lebanon: 1 residents work here (4%)Sherman: 1 residents work here (4%)Elburn: 1 residents work here (4%)Lincoln: 6 residents work here (22%)Effingham: 1 residents work here (4%)Aurora: 2 residents work here (7%)Springfield: 4 residents work here (15%)West Lincoln Township: 2 residents work here (7%)Fancy Creek TownshipCornlandLincolnSpringfieldAuroraWest Lincoln TownshipBroadwellVilla GroveCornland
1
Lincoln14.8 mi away
22%6
2
Springfield16.4 mi away
15%4
3
Aurora138.9 mi away
7%2
47%2
5
Broadwell9.2 mi away
4%1
6
Villa Grove66 mi away
4%1
7
Lebanon94.9 mi away
4%1
8
Sherman11.5 mi away
4%1
9
Elburn143.3 mi away
4%1
10
Effingham72.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%7
The top trips

Where Cornland clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Cornland works in goods: 100% of its jobs

Jobs based in CornlandJobs Cornland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%15%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%26%
Over $3,333 a month100%70%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 540%44%
55 and older100%41%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cornland

Working from home
0%

of Cornland workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Cornland gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cornland

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLincoln: 22% · 14.8 miSpringfield: 15% · 16.4 miAurora: 7% · 138.9 miWest Lincoln Township: 7% · 16.5 miBroadwell: 4% · 9.2 miVilla Grove: 4% · 66 miLebanon: 4% · 94.9 miSherman: 4% · 11.5 miElburn: 4% · 143.3 miEffingham: 4% · 72.4 miLincoln 22%Springfield 15%Aurora 7%West Lincoln Township 7%Broadwell 4%Cornland
CornlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
52%10–24 mi14 residents
11%25–50 mi3 residents
33%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cornland: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cornland?

0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cornland work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (22%, 15 mi), Springfield (15%, 16 mi), Aurora (7%, 139 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cornland without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cornland, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cornland

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.