Work & commute · Coalton

Work & commute in Coalton, IL

Most working residents leave Coalton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Nokomis (15%), Taylorville (8%) and Hillsboro (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 120 Coalton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coalton.

120live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coalton goes to work

Nokomis1.5 mi away

15%19

Taylorville19.3 mi away

8%10

Hillsboro11.8 mi away

6%8

Pana13.7 mi away

5%6

Springfield39.5 mi away

5%6

Coalton (in town)right here

3%4

Shelbyville28.3 mi away

3%4

Litchfield20.8 mi away

3%4

Assumption21.1 mi away

2%3

Vandalia23.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%57

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

How far

How far Coalton commutes

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

22%

29%

19%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coalton 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 Coalton are

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

Jobs based in Coalton

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Coalton residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+47%

Jobs based in Coalton, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 44. 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.