Work & commute · Allison

Work & commute in Allison, IL

Most working residents leave Allison for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceville (17%), Vincennes (11%) and Bridgeport (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 98 Allison residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allison.

98live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allison goes to work

Lawrenceville5.7 mi away

17%17

Vincennes, IN4.9 mi away

11%11

Bridgeport9.5 mi away

6%6

Robinson21.6 mi away

6%6

Allison (in town)right here

5%5

Sumner15.3 mi away

3%3

Olney27.1 mi away

3%3

Chicago215.5 mi away

3%3

Olney27.3 mi away

3%3

Mattoon67.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%44

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allison commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

36%

23%

11%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allison is a job hub

8.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

8.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Allison are

862 jobs are based in Allison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allison

862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Allison residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+46%

Jobs based in Allison, 2013 → 2023: 590 → 862. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.