Work & commute · Centralia

Work & commute in Centralia, IL

About one in 4 of Centralia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (7%), Salem (5%) and Centralia (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,144 of 4,408 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,264 Centralia residents head out of town to work, 1,144 work right here, and 4,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centralia.

3,264live here, work elsewhere

1,144live and work here

4,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centralia goes to work

Centralia (in town)right here

26%1,144

Mount Vernon18.2 mi away

7%295

Salem11.5 mi away

5%200

Centralia2.3 mi away

4%191

Nashville19 mi away

3%142

Marion55.3 mi away

2%99

Brookside5.3 mi away

2%98

Springfield92 mi away

2%80

St. Louis, MO61.1 mi away

2%78

Central City1.8 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,018

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

How far

How far Centralia commutes

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

38%

21%

12%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centralia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centralia are

5,384 jobs are based in Centralia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centralia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centralia

5,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Centralia residents hold

4,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−15%

Jobs based in Centralia, 2013 → 2023: 6,337 → 5,384. 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.