Work & commute · Bois D'Arc

Work & commute in Bois D'Arc, IL

Most working residents leave Bois D'Arc for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Raymond (8%), Litchfield (8%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 345 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 331 Bois D'Arc residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bois D'Arc.

331live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bois D'Arc goes to work

Raymond11.9 mi away

8%29

Litchfield22 mi away

8%26

Springfield20.9 mi away

6%20

Carlinville20.7 mi away

5%17

Hillsboro22.9 mi away

5%17

Zanesville13.5 mi away

3%11

Taylorville16 mi away

3%10

Bois D'Arc (in town)right here

2%8

Effingham61.7 mi away

2%7

Farmersville4.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%194

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

How far

How far Bois D'Arc commutes

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

17%

39%

11%

33%

17%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bois D'Arc 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 Bois D'Arc are

147 jobs are based in Bois D'Arc. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bois D'Arc’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bois D'Arc

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bois D'Arc residents hold

345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−18%

Jobs based in Bois D'Arc, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 147. 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.