Making a living in Metcalf
Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Hardly any work in Metcalf itself; outside it, Paris draws the most (24%, 14 miles). The Census job records count 54 working residents of Metcalf and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Metcalf, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Metcalf on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Metcalf commutes to
Where Metcalf clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Metcalf
of Metcalf workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 10% 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 Metcalf’s workers travel
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 Metcalf: questions
What is the median household income in Metcalf?
$54,881 (±$3,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Metcalf?
6.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Metcalf work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (24%, 14 mi), Champaign (6%, 33 mi), Terre Haute (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Metcalf without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Metcalf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Metcalf
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.