St. David has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in St. David for work; outside it, Canton is the main destination (22%, 5 miles). There are 15 jobs in St. David, and 187 of its residents work somewhere. 3% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves St. David for work, and who comes in
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in St. David on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 St. David goes to work
Where St. David clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in St. David
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. David, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 15. 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 St. David’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from St. David
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. David workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 commuters (the 3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from St. David
About 29% 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 St. David: questions
What is the median household income in St. David?
$54,583 (±$7,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. David?
16.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. David?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. David work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (22%, 5 mi), Peoria (13%, 29 mi), Lewistown (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. David without a car?
0% 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 St. David, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. David
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.