Most of Cullom commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Employers in Cullom report 45 jobs, and 212 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Cullom itself; outside it, Pontiac draws the most (12%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cullom, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Cullom than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cullom fell from 639 in 2013 to 45 in 2023, −93%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Cullom is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Cullom, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cullom has about 340 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Cullom workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Cullom’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cullom, 2013 → 2023: 639 → 45. 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 Cullom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Cullom, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 209 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Cullom on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Cullom’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cullom workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 218 commuters (the 1% 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 towns that employ Cullom’s residents
Where Cullom clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Miles to work from Cullom
About 29% 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 Cullom: questions
What is the median household income in Cullom?
$65,417 (±$16,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cullom?
11.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cullom?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cullom work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pontiac (12%, 19 mi), Dwight (5%, 17 mi), Piper City (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cullom without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cullom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cullom
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.