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Work & commute · Big Mound

Work & commute in Big Mound, IL

Most working residents leave Big Mound for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (26%), Mount Vernon (8%) and Albion (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
109 of 664 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Big Mound residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 1,578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Mound.

555live here, work elsewhere
109live and work here
1,578work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Big Mound goes to work

Wayne CityAlbionCarmiFairfieldFloraSalemMount VernonChicagoSpringfieldLamardCrouchOrelFour MileGroverBarnhillJasperArringtonBig MoundLeechFairfieldMount VernonAlbionChicagoWayne CityFloraSalemCarmiSpringfieldBig Mound
1
Fairfield5.2 mi away
26%170
2
Mount Vernon26.8 mi away
8%56
3
Albion20.2 mi away
5%35
4
Big Mound (in town)right here
3%21
5
Chicago246.4 mi away
2%16
6
Wayne City9.3 mi away
2%15
7
Flora24.3 mi away
2%15
8
Salem36.1 mi away
2%15
9
Carmi20.9 mi away
2%13
10
Springfield121.2 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%299

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

How far

How far Big Mound commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Big Mound is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Mound are

1,687 jobs are based in Big Mound. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Mound

1,687 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Big Mound residents hold

664 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+6%

Jobs based in Big Mound, 2013 → 2023: 1,589 → 1,687. 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.

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