Most of Bingham commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 6 jobs are based in Bingham, against 32 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bingham for work; outside it, Vandalia is the main destination (28%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bingham, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Bingham on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 towns that employ Bingham’s residents
Where Bingham clocks in
28% of workers
3% 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.
In Bingham, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Bingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bingham
of Bingham workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Bingham to work
About 38% 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 Bingham: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bingham?
57.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bingham work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vandalia (28%, 11 mi), Ashkum (3%, 139 mi), Assumption (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bingham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bingham
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.