Saybrook has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Saybrook report 63 jobs, and 269 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% stay in Saybrook for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (30%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Saybrook: the gist
Saybrook and Bloomington trade workers both ways
Bloomington is the top workplace for Saybrook residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Saybrook come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Saybrook is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Saybrook, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Saybrook has about 440 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Saybrook workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 269 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Saybrook to work: where people go
Where Saybrook clocks in
30% of workers
12% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Saybrook
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Saybrook on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting from Saybrook: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saybrook workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 257 commuters (the 13% 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.
What Saybrook’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saybrook, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 63. 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 Saybrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Saybrook
About 21% 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 Saybrook: questions
What is the median household income in Saybrook?
$52,721 (±$8,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saybrook?
15.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saybrook?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saybrook work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (30%, 24 mi), Normal (12%, 25 mi), Gibson City (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Saybrook 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 Saybrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saybrook
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.