Work & commute · Avena

Work & commute in Avena, IL

Most working residents leave Avena for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (16%), St. Elmo (12%) and Vandalia (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

101 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 682 Avena residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 671 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avena.

682live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

671work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avena goes to work

Effingham17.6 mi away

16%129

St. Elmo1.5 mi away

12%96

Vandalia14.1 mi away

5%42

Altamont6.3 mi away

3%24

Teutopolis21.5 mi away

3%23

Mattoon40.3 mi away

3%22

Springfield66.5 mi away

3%22

Edwardsville62.9 mi away

2%15

Summit13 mi away

2%13

Chicago202.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%387

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

How far

How far Avena commutes

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

18%

33%

16%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avena is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avena are

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

Jobs based in Avena

772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Avena residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+39%

Jobs based in Avena, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 772. 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.