Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Most of New Canton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 11 jobs in New Canton for 154 working residents. Hardly any work in New Canton; the top destination outside it is Pittsfield (14%, 16 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way, next to 28 for Illinois and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in New Canton by day
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in New Canton on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
The towns that employ New Canton’s residents
Where New Canton clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 45% of the jobs in New Canton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Canton, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 11. 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 New Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from New Canton: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Canton workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 15% 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.
New Canton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 New Canton: questions
What is the median household income in New Canton?
$58,000 (±$22,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Canton?
17.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Canton?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Canton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsfield (14%, 16 mi), Louisiana (8%, 14 mi), Springfield (8%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Canton without a car?
0% 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 New Canton, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Canton
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.