Work & commute · Carmi

Work & commute in Carmi, IL

About one in 3 of Carmi’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carmi (29%), Evansville (6%) and Mount Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

758 of 2,620 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 1,862 Carmi residents head out of town to work, 758 work right here, and 1,436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmi.

1,862live here, work elsewhere

758live and work here

1,436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmi goes to work

Carmi2 mi away

29%763

Evansville, IN37.2 mi away

6%145

Mount Vernon41.7 mi away

3%91

Albion21.9 mi away

3%71

Patoka, IN38.4 mi away

3%68

Black, IN18.2 mi away

3%66

Springfield141 mi away

2%57

Eldorado22.6 mi away

2%56

Grayville16.5 mi away

2%54

Fairfield22.4 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,200

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

How far

How far Carmi commutes

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

36%

19%

22%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmi are

2,194 jobs are based in Carmi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carmi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carmi

2,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Carmi residents hold

2,620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1%

Jobs based in Carmi, 2013 → 2023: 2,182 → 2,194. 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.