Woodson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 54 jobs are based in Woodson, and 218 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Woodson itself; outside it, Jacksonville draws the most (33%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Woodson apart
Woodson and Jacksonville trade workers both ways
Jacksonville is the top workplace for Woodson residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Woodson come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Woodson is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Woodson, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Woodson has about 320 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Woodson are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Woodson work
Where Woodson clocks in
33% of workers
19% 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.
How a workday changes Woodson
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Woodson 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.
From Woodson, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodson workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 2% 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.
Jobs in Woodson: what the 54 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodson, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 54. 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 Woodson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Woodson commutes
About 25% 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 Woodson: questions
What is the median household income in Woodson?
$80,750 (±$42,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodson?
6.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodson?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (33%, 7 mi), Springfield (19%, 33 mi), South Jacksonville (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woodson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodson
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.