Work & commute · Atlas

Work & commute in Atlas, IL

Most working residents leave Atlas for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (17%), Pleasant Hill (11%) and Springfield (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Atlas residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlas.

169live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlas goes to work

Pittsfield12 mi away

17%30

Pleasant Hill10 mi away

11%19

Springfield75.2 mi away

9%15

Mount Sterling34 mi away

6%10

Quincy33.6 mi away

6%10

Louisiana, MO6.8 mi away

5%9

Jacksonville44 mi away

5%8

Pittsfield10.3 mi away

4%7

Chicago236.2 mi away

3%5

Hannibal, MO23.5 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%56

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

How far

How far Atlas commutes

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

29%

21%

22%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlas is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlas are

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

Jobs based in Atlas

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Atlas residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+60%

Jobs based in Atlas, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 72. 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.