With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Stanford works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (Illinois 16%). Stanford has 46 jobs for 280 working residents. Hardly any work in Stanford itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (39%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanford at work: what stands out
Stanford is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Stanford, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stanford has about 350 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Stanford works in Bloomington
110 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Bloomington, 14 miles away. That’s far more as work in Stanford itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Stanford 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 ↓
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 280 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Stanford by day
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Stanford on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The places Stanford commutes to
Where Stanford clocks in
39% of workers
18% 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 trip from Stanford: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanford workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 commuters (the 9% 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.
Jobs in Stanford: what the 46 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanford, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 46. 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 Stanford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Stanford commutes
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 Stanford: questions
What is the median household income in Stanford?
$84,821 (±$21,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanford?
15.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanford?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (39%, 14 mi), Normal (18%, 14 mi), Peoria (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanford
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.