Spaulding has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 19 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Spaulding; the top destination outside it is Springfield (42%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Spaulding, in brief
Spaulding is a place people come home to
There are 13 jobs based in Spaulding, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spaulding has about 490 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Spaulding works in Springfield
133 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Springfield, 7.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Spaulding itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Spaulding are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Spaulding quiets down on a workday
On a workday 312 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Spaulding on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.04 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.
42% of working residents work in Springfield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Spaulding clocks in
42% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spaulding workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 13 jobs in Spaulding are
13 jobs are based in Spaulding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spaulding’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spaulding, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 13. 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.
Half of Spaulding commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Spaulding and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Riverton (8%). Darker towns draw more of Spaulding’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 Spaulding: questions
What is the median household income in Spaulding?
$105,114 (±$17,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spaulding?
3.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spaulding?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spaulding work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (42%, 7 mi), Riverton (8%, 2 mi), Sherman (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spaulding without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spaulding, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spaulding
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.