Work & commute · Blair

Work & commute in Blair, IL

Most working residents leave Blair for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (19%), Flora (9%) and Louisville (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 241 Blair residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blair.

241live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blair goes to work

Effingham17.4 mi away

19%46

Flora14.4 mi away

9%23

Louisville7 mi away

9%22

Olney25.7 mi away

3%7

Mattoon42.9 mi away

3%7

Salem28.8 mi away

2%6

Clay City15.9 mi away

2%5

Teutopolis18.3 mi away

2%5

Robinson43.6 mi away

2%5

Altamont17.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%115

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

How far

How far Blair commutes

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

13%

45%

19%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blair is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blair are

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

Jobs based in Blair

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Blair residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+59%

Jobs based in Blair, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 62. 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.