Most of East Gillespie commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 19 jobs in East Gillespie, against 112 working residents. Hardly any work in East Gillespie; the top destination outside it is Litchfield (13%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of East Gillespie
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in East Gillespie on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ East Gillespie’s residents
Where East Gillespie clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in East Gillespie: what the 19 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Gillespie, 2014 → 2024: 89 → 19. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Gillespie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from East Gillespie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Gillespie workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 7% 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 East Gillespie’s workers travel
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Gillespie and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Gillespie (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Gillespie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Gillespie | – | — | — | 29 min | $63,500 |
| Gillespie | 3% | C | C+ | 28 min | $82,772 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Gillespie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 East Gillespie: questions
What is the median household income in East Gillespie?
$63,500 (±$24,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Gillespie?
12.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Gillespie?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Gillespie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Litchfield (13%, 8 mi), Springfield (9%, 46 mi), Carlinville (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Gillespie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Gillespie, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Gillespie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.