Goodfield draws 1,159 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Goodfield itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (11%, 21 miles). Goodfield has 1,190 jobs; 463 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Goodfield stands out on work
Goodfield is where the jobs are
Goodfield has 1,190 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,700 people are in town, 76% more than the 960 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Goodfield have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Goodfield went from 421 in 2013 to 1,190 in 2023, +183%. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Goodfield’s workers comes from Peoria
177 of the people who work in Goodfield live in Peoria, 21 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The daily commute in and out of Goodfield
On a workday 432 residents head out to work and 31 work right here.
About 1,700 people are in Goodfield on a workday afternoon, 76% more 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.
A place that makes things: 44% of Goodfield’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goodfield, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 1,190. 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 Goodfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Goodfield live
Where Goodfield clocks in
10% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Goodfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goodfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 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.
How far Goodfield’s workers travel
About 17% 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 Goodfield: questions
What is the median household income in Goodfield?
$113,438 (±$12,797) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goodfield?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goodfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goodfield work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (11%, 21 mi), Bloomington (10%, 18 mi), Normal (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goodfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goodfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodfield
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.