Work & commute · Altamont

Work & commute in Altamont, IL

Most working residents leave Altamont for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (28%), Springfield (4%) and Mound (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

156 of 1,053 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 897 Altamont residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altamont.

897live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altamont goes to work

Effingham11.4 mi away

28%294

Altamont (in town)right here

15%156

Springfield69.8 mi away

4%46

Mound0.9 mi away

3%34

Teutopolis15.3 mi away

3%32

St. Elmo6.1 mi away

2%25

Vandalia20.3 mi away

2%19

Chicago200.1 mi away

2%17

Mattoon35.7 mi away

1%13

Summit7.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%404

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

How far

How far Altamont commutes

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

25%

38%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altamont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Altamont are

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

Jobs based in Altamont

815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Altamont residents hold

1,053 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Altamont, 2013 → 2023: 839 → 815. 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.