Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Illiopolis has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Illiopolis itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (42%, 21 miles). Employers in Illiopolis report 65 jobs, against 373 working residents. 8% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Illiopolis
42% of Illiopolis works in Springfield
157 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Springfield, 21 miles away. That’s far more as work in Illiopolis itself. The commute map ↓
Illiopolis is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Illiopolis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Illiopolis has about 520 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Illiopolis are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. 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 373 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Illiopolis ends
Where Illiopolis clocks in
42% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Illiopolis
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Illiopolis 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Illiopolis workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 8% 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 Illiopolis’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Illiopolis, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 65. 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 Illiopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Illiopolis works
About 21% 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 Illiopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Illiopolis?
$63,125 (±$7,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Illiopolis?
6.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Illiopolis?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Illiopolis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (42%, 21 mi), Decatur (8%, 17 mi), Riverton (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Illiopolis 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 Illiopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Illiopolis
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.