Work & commute · Bluford

Work & commute in Bluford, IL

Most working residents leave Bluford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (36%), Centralia (4%) and Webber (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 249 Bluford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluford.

249live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluford goes to work

Mount Vernon9.9 mi away

36%89

Centralia25 mi away

4%11

Webber2.1 mi away

4%10

Springfield112.4 mi away

3%7

Marion42.4 mi away

2%5

Field10.3 mi away

2%5

Ina15.2 mi away

2%4

Shiloh13.4 mi away

2%4

Nashville35.6 mi away

1%3

Fairfield20 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%109

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

How far

How far Bluford commutes

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

20%

35%

14%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluford is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluford are

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

Jobs based in Bluford

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bluford residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−77%

Jobs based in Bluford, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 12. 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.