Jobs and earnings in Unity, and the trip to work
Hardly any stay in Unity for work; outside it, Cape Girardeau is the main destination (27%, 19 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%). The Census job records count 30 working residents of Unity and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Unity, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Unity on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
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.
Out of Unity to work: where people go
Where Unity clocks in
27% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Unity
of Unity workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Unity to work
About 28% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Unity workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 27% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Unity: questions
What is the poverty rate in Unity?
5.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Unity work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (27%, 19 mi), Anna (10%, 21 mi), Marion (10%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Unity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unity
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.