Work & commute · Carlinville

Work & commute in Carlinville, IL

About one in 3 of Carlinville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (9%), Carlinville (6%) and Litchfield (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

728 of 2,359 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,631 Carlinville residents head out of town to work, 728 work right here, and 2,275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlinville.

1,631live here, work elsewhere

728live and work here

2,275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlinville goes to work

Carlinville (in town)right here

31%728

Springfield37.6 mi away

9%220

Carlinville1.9 mi away

6%136

Litchfield13.3 mi away

2%47

Chicago210.9 mi away

2%46

Edwardsville34.2 mi away

2%39

Gillespie11 mi away

2%36

Hillsboro22.8 mi away

1%33

Girard12.7 mi away

1%28

St. Louis, MO48.6 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,020

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

How far

How far Carlinville commutes

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

39%

14%

25%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlinville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlinville are

3,003 jobs are based in Carlinville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlinville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carlinville

3,003 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Carlinville residents hold

2,359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in Carlinville, 2013 → 2023: 2,649 → 3,003. 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.