Work & commute · Ava

Work & commute in Ava, IL

Most working residents leave Ava for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (12%), Murphysboro (10%) and Bradley (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 195 Ava residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ava.

195live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ava goes to work

Carbondale18.8 mi away

12%23

Murphysboro12.3 mi away

10%19

Bradley4.2 mi away

9%18

Steeleville12.3 mi away

5%9

Ora4.2 mi away

5%9

Pinckneyville16.5 mi away

3%6

Du Quoin16.3 mi away

3%6

Campbell Hill4.2 mi away

3%5

Herrin26.2 mi away

3%5

Marion32.1 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%94

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

How far

How far Ava commutes

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

22%

46%

14%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ava 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 Ava are

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

Jobs based in Ava

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ava residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−26%

Jobs based in Ava, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 82. 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.