Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Ellsworth
The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Hardly any stay in Ellsworth for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (37%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Ellsworth: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Ellsworth to work: where people go
Where Ellsworth clocks in
37% of workers
8% 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.
66% of the jobs in Ellsworth pay over $3,333 a month
73 jobs are based in Ellsworth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 73. 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 Ellsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ellsworth: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellsworth workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ellsworth
About 25% 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.
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 Ellsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Ellsworth?
$77,750 (±$18,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellsworth?
15.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellsworth?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellsworth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (37%, 14 mi), Gibson City (9%, 18 mi), Chicago (8%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellsworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellsworth
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.