Work & commute · Chapin

Work & commute in Chapin, IL

Most working residents leave Chapin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (24%), Springfield (9%) and Beardstown (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 221 Chapin residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chapin.

221live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chapin goes to work

Jacksonville9.4 mi away

24%53

Springfield40.3 mi away

9%20

Beardstown16.9 mi away

7%16

Mount Sterling24.4 mi away

4%10

Meredosia9.3 mi away

2%5

Arenzville8 mi away

1%3

Virginia16.4 mi away

1%3

Mound Station30 mi away

1%2

East Hazel Crest190.8 mi away

1%2

Bluffs7.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%107

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

How far

How far Chapin commutes

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

35%

21%

14%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chapin is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chapin are

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

Jobs based in Chapin

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Chapin residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+381%

Jobs based in Chapin, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 77. 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.