Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Work and commuting in Ivesdale
Only 2% work in Ivesdale; the top destination outside it is Champaign (32%, 15 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S. 196 jobs are based in Ivesdale, against 135 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ivesdale by day and by night
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Ivesdale on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 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.
Where people from Ivesdale work
Where Ivesdale clocks in
32% of workers
17% of workers
6% 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.
83% of the jobs in Ivesdale pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ivesdale, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 196. 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 Ivesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Ivesdale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ivesdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Ivesdale
About 22% 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 Ivesdale: questions
What is the median household income in Ivesdale?
$64,375 (±$34,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ivesdale?
7.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ivesdale?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ivesdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (32%, 15 mi), Urbana (17%, 18 mi), Chicago (6%, 137 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ivesdale 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 Ivesdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ivesdale
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.