Work & commute · Casey

Work & commute in Casey, IL

About one in 4 of Casey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Martinsville (7%), Marshall (5%) and Greenup (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

217 of 927 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 710 Casey residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Casey.

710live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Casey goes to work

Casey (in town)right here

23%217

Martinsville6 mi away

7%68

Marshall17 mi away

5%49

Greenup10.2 mi away

4%41

Charleston16.1 mi away

4%40

Casey1.4 mi away

4%39

Mattoon23.4 mi away

4%33

Effingham32.9 mi away

3%31

Terre Haute, IN34.3 mi away

3%28

Lafayette20.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%361

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

How far

How far Casey commutes

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

40%

24%

14%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Casey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Casey are

1,044 jobs are based in Casey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Casey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Casey

1,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Casey residents hold

927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−18%

Jobs based in Casey, 2013 → 2023: 1,267 → 1,044. 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.