Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Ursa commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Ursa has 61 jobs, against 290 working residents. Only 2% stay in Ursa for work; outside it, Quincy is the main destination (44%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ursa at work: what stands out
44% of Ursa works in Quincy
129 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Quincy, 9.7 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Ursa itself. The commute map ↓
Ursa is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Ursa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ursa has about 370 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Ursa are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 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 290 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Ursa’s working residents head each day
Where Ursa clocks in
44% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves Ursa for work, and who comes in
On a workday 285 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Ursa on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Time on the road from Ursa: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ursa workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 321 commuters (the 7% 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.
A place that makes things: 49% of Ursa’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ursa, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 61. 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 Ursa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ursa
About 24% 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 Ursa: questions
What is the median household income in Ursa?
$64,375 (±$16,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ursa?
10.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ursa?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ursa work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (44%, 10 mi), Ellington Township (9%, 6 mi), Springfield (6%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ursa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ursa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ursa
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.