Work & commute · Buena Vista

Work & commute in Buena Vista, IL

Most working residents leave Buena Vista for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rushville (20%), Mount Sterling (12%) and Springfield (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 715 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 687 Buena Vista residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buena Vista.

687live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buena Vista goes to work

Rushville3.2 mi away

20%146

Mount Sterling13.2 mi away

12%83

Springfield57 mi away

8%55

Beardstown13.5 mi away

6%46

Macomb23 mi away

6%44

Quincy42.7 mi away

3%22

Jacksonville35.1 mi away

3%18

Peoria67.5 mi away

2%15

Chicago192.7 mi away

1%9

Decatur91.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%269

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

How far

How far Buena Vista commutes

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

24%

31%

13%

32%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buena Vista is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buena Vista are

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

Jobs based in Buena Vista

275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Buena Vista residents hold

715 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+8%

Jobs based in Buena Vista, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 275. 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.