Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0McLean has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
McLean has 58 jobs, and 338 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in McLean for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (34%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in McLean: the figures worth knowing
McLean is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in McLean, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday McLean has about 450 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
McLean and Bloomington trade workers both ways
Bloomington is the top workplace for McLean residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in McLean come from (16% of its jobs). 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 338 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves McLean for work, and who comes in
On a workday 338 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in McLean on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where McLean goes to work
Where McLean clocks in
34% of workers
21% 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.
What McLean’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McLean, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 58. 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 McLean’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From McLean, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McLean workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 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.
How many miles McLean commutes
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.
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 McLean: questions
What is the median household income in McLean?
$87,321 (±$13,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McLean?
4.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McLean?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McLean work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (34%, 15 mi), Normal (21%, 17 mi), Allin Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McLean without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McLean, from the people who make the trip.
More of McLean
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.