Hoyleton has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 508 people commute in to work
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 513 jobs are based in Hoyleton, and 258 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Hoyleton itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (13%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hoyleton apart on work
Hoyleton is where the jobs are
Hoyleton has 513 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 760 people are in town, 51% more than the 500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Hoyleton workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Hoyleton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hoyleton went from 378 in 2013 to 513 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How many people are in Hoyleton by day
On a workday 253 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 760 people are in Hoyleton on a workday afternoon, 51% more 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.
Getting to work from Hoyleton takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoyleton workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 4% 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.
What Hoyleton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoyleton, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 513. 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 Hoyleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Hoyleton: where workers come from
Where Hoyleton clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hoyleton
About 22% 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 Hoyleton: questions
What is the median household income in Hoyleton?
$71,094 (±$6,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoyleton?
15.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoyleton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoyleton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (13%, 10 mi), Mount Vernon (9%, 21 mi), Centralia (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hoyleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hoyleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoyleton
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.