Most of Murrayville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Murrayville report 19 jobs, against 250 working residents. Hardly any work in Murrayville; the top destination outside it is Jacksonville (33%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, 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
Murrayville and work: the main findings
Murrayville is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Murrayville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Murrayville has about 320 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Murrayville and Jacksonville trade workers both ways
Jacksonville is the top workplace for Murrayville residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Murrayville come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Murrayville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Murrayville on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Murrayville’s working residents head each day
Where Murrayville clocks in
33% of workers
21% 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.
Murrayville works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murrayville, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 19. 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 Murrayville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Murrayville spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murrayville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 12% 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 Murrayville commutes less than 31 miles
About 26% 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 Murrayville: questions
What is the median household income in Murrayville?
$46,528 (±$9,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murrayville?
23.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murrayville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Murrayville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (33%, 10 mi), Springfield (21%, 35 mi), South Jacksonville (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murrayville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Murrayville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murrayville
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.