Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Muddy has 3.1 jobs per working resident, and 58 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 58 jobs in Muddy, against 19 working residents. Below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents; Illinois has 11.8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Muddy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 19 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 94 people are in Muddy on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
Where Muddy’s workers come from
Where Muddy clocks in
26% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
What Muddy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muddy, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 58. 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 Muddy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Muddy
of Muddy workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 30% 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.
Half of Muddy commutes less than 17 miles
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 towns next door employ 26% of Muddy
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Muddy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy | – | — | — | — | — |
| Harrisburg | 26% | D− | B+ | 19 min | $43,415 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harrisburg. Darker towns draw more of Muddy’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 Muddy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Muddy?
29.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Muddy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (26%, 3 mi), Benton (11%, 28 mi), Marion (11%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Muddy 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 Muddy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muddy
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.