Meredosia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% stay in Meredosia for work; outside it, Jacksonville is the main destination (22%, 19 miles). 100 jobs are based in Meredosia, and 347 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Meredosia stands out on work
Meredosia and Jacksonville trade workers both ways
Jacksonville is the top workplace for Meredosia residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Meredosia come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Meredosia is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Meredosia, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meredosia has about 550 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Meredosia goes to work
Where Meredosia clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
How a workday changes Meredosia
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Meredosia on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Half of Meredosia commutes less than 20 miles
About 34% 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.
The 100 jobs based in Meredosia
100 jobs are based in Meredosia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meredosia, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 100. 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 Meredosia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Meredosia, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meredosia workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 337 commuters (the 11% 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.
Meredosia and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meredosia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meredosia | – | — | — | 24 min | $54,485 |
| Chambersburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chambersburg Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meredosia’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 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 Meredosia: questions
What is the median household income in Meredosia?
$54,485 (±$10,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meredosia?
18.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meredosia?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meredosia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (22%, 19 mi), Springfield (9%, 48 mi), Beardstown (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meredosia without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meredosia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meredosia
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.