Work & commute · Bird

Work & commute in Bird, IL

Most working residents leave Bird for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carlinville (13%), Springfield (7%) and Carlinville (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 132 Bird residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bird.

132live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bird goes to work

Carlinville6.5 mi away

13%17

Springfield38.7 mi away

7%9

Carlinville6.7 mi away

5%7

East Alton29.4 mi away

3%4

Fairview Heights48.7 mi away

3%4

Jacksonville32.3 mi away

3%4

Jerseyville21.8 mi away

2%3

Chatham30.4 mi away

2%3

Granite City40.1 mi away

2%3

St. Louis, MO47.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%78

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

How far

How far Bird commutes

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

23%

16%

32%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bird is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bird are

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

Jobs based in Bird

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bird residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+61%

Jobs based in Bird, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 58. 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.