Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Junction
Junction has 11 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Hardly any stay in Junction for work; outside it, Black Township is the main destination (27%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Junction on a workday afternoon
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Junction on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Junction goes to work
Where Junction clocks in
9% 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.
Working from home in Junction
of Junction workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 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.
Where in the region Junction works
About 20% 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 Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Junction?
$55,625 (±$28,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Junction?
9.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Junction work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Black Township (27%, 24 mi), Shawneetown (9%, 3 mi), Harrisburg (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Junction
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.