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Jobs & commute in Stonefort

Jobs and earnings in Stonefort, and the trip to work

Home is the office for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Hardly any work in Stonefort; the top destination outside it is Marion (20%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes (Illinois 28, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Stonefort, and who commutes in

On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

81live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday140
220live here− 81head out to work+ 0come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Stonefort on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Stonefort: the destinations

Ogden: 1 residents work here (1%)Equality: 1 residents work here (1%)Energy: 1 residents work here (1%)Carrier Mills: 3 residents work here (4%)StonefortRosiclare: 1 residents work here (1%)Harrisburg: 9 residents work here (11%)Herrin: 3 residents work here (4%)Marion: 16 residents work here (20%)Carbondale: 2 residents work here (2%)Springfield: 3 residents work here (4%)MarionHarrisburgCarrier MillsHerrinSpringfieldCarbondaleStonefort
1
Marion15.1 mi away
20%16
2
Harrisburg11.8 mi away
11%9
3
Carrier Mills6.2 mi away
4%3
4
Herrin21.6 mi away
4%3
5
Springfield158.2 mi away
4%3
6
Carbondale29.3 mi away
2%2
7
Ogden176.9 mi away
1%1
8
Equality21.3 mi away
1%1
9
Energy20.3 mi away
1%1
10
Rosiclare23.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%41
The top trips

Where Stonefort clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes to work from Stonefort

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Stonefort33 min
Illinois28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Stonefort workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Stonefort gets to work
72%Drive alone
25%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 163 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Stonefort

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMarion: 20% · 15.1 miHarrisburg: 11% · 11.8 miCarrier Mills: 4% · 6.2 miHerrin: 4% · 21.6 miSpringfield: 4% · 158.2 miCarbondale: 2% · 29.3 miOgden: 1% · 176.9 miEquality: 1% · 21.3 miEnergy: 1% · 20.3 miRosiclare: 1% · 23.6 miMarion 20%Harrisburg 11%Carrier Mills 4%Herrin 4%Springfield 4%Stonefort
StonefortTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi7 residents
52%10–24 mi41 residents
10%25–50 mi8 residents
29%Over 50 mi23 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Stonefort: questions

What is the median household income in Stonefort?

$56,477 (±$17,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Stonefort?

11.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Stonefort?

33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Stonefort work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (20%, 15 mi), Harrisburg (11%, 12 mi), Carrier Mills (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Stonefort without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Stonefort, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Stonefort

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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.