Work & commute · Bluff Springs

Work & commute in Bluff Springs, IL

Most working residents leave Bluff Springs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Beardstown (32%), Springfield (10%) and Jacksonville (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 403 Bluff Springs residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluff Springs.

403live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluff Springs goes to work

Beardstown4.1 mi away

32%128

Springfield41.5 mi away

10%40

Jacksonville22.3 mi away

8%32

Mount Sterling21.7 mi away

5%22

Virginia9.8 mi away

3%11

Chicago187 mi away

2%9

Ashland21.3 mi away

1%6

Virginia10.5 mi away

1%6

Arenzville10.8 mi away

1%5

Meredosia17.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%140

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

How far

How far Bluff Springs commutes

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

39%

20%

15%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluff Springs is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluff Springs are

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

Jobs based in Bluff Springs

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bluff Springs residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Bluff Springs, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 31. 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.