Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of De Land works elsewhere
There are 17 jobs in De Land, and 221 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in De Land itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (26%, 20 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where De Land stands out on work
De Land is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in De Land, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday De Land has about 240 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 221 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of De Land
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in De Land on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of De Land commutes less than 22 miles
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.
Commuting out of De Land: the destinations
Where De Land clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
Jobs in De Land: what the 17 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Land, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 17. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 De Land’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from De Land
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Land workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 5% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in De Land: questions
What is the median household income in De Land?
$50,000 (±$13,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Land?
13.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Land?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Land work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (26%, 20 mi), Monticello (9%, 7 mi), Urbana (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around De Land without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Land, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Land
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.