Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Mahomet has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Mahomet report 2,012 jobs; 4,292 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Mahomet are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mahomet: the gist
Commutes from Mahomet are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Mahomet works in Champaign
1,436 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Champaign, 8 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Mahomet itself. The commute map ↓
Mahomet has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mahomet went from 1,398 in 2013 to 2,012 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mahomet
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mahomet is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #168 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mahomet could be anywhere from B to A+.
Time on the road from Mahomet: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mahomet workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,955 commuters (the 17% 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.
33% of working residents work in Champaign
Where Mahomet clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Mahomet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mahomet, 2013 → 2023: 1,398 → 2,012. 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 Mahomet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Mahomet
On a workday 3,820 residents head out to work, 472 work right here, and 1,540 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Mahomet on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mahomet
About 18% 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.
The commute in Mahomet is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mahomet is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #649 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,738 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Mahomet households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mahomet’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mahomet is 612th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 610 | Kronenwetter WI | 8,413 | $115K | 6.7% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 611 | Champaign Township IL | 11,377 | $100K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 612 | Mahomet IL | 10,516 | $119K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 11% | A |
| 613 | Littleton MA | 10,404 | $150K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 7% | A |
| 614 | West Bridgewater MA | 7,872 | $123K | 5.0% | 4.7% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mahomet, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Mahomet
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mahomet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet | – | A | C | 21 min | $118,586 |
| Lake of the Woods | under 2% | B | B− | 18 min | $61,625 |
| Mahomet Township | under 2% | A | C | 20 min | $115,615 |
| Hensley Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 13 min | $108,081 |
| Newcomb Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 24 min | $109,265 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mahomet’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mahomet: questions
What is the median household income in Mahomet?
$118,586 (±$11,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mahomet?
3.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mahomet?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mahomet work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (33%, 8 mi), Urbana (17%, 12 mi), Chicago (3%, 120 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mahomet walkable?
Mahomet is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mahomet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mahomet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mahomet
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.