Goofy Ridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Illinois. Goofy Ridge has 4 jobs, and 56 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Goofy Ridge itself; outside it, Havana draws the most (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Goofy Ridge
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Goofy Ridge on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Goofy Ridge goes to work
Where Goofy Ridge clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
Goofy Ridge is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goofy Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 4. 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 Goofy Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Goofy Ridge
of Goofy Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 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.
How far it is to work from Goofy Ridge
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 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 Goofy Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Goofy Ridge?
$38,750 (±$33,858) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goofy Ridge?
16.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Goofy Ridge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Havana (20%, 9 mi), Springfield (9%, 45 mi), Mason City (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goofy Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goofy Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goofy Ridge
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.