Work & commute · Cooper

Work & commute in Cooper, IL

Most working residents leave Cooper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (49%), Decatur (5%) and Rochester (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 395 Cooper residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooper.

395live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cooper goes to work

Springfield11.4 mi away

49%194

Decatur28 mi away

5%18

Rochester4.3 mi away

3%11

Woodside12.1 mi away

3%11

Clear Lake7.7 mi away

3%10

Buffalo7.5 mi away

2%8

Riverton8.7 mi away

2%8

Rochester5 mi away

2%8

Bloomington56.3 mi away

2%7

Chicago171.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%114

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

How far

How far Cooper commutes

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

21%

56%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cooper is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooper are

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

Jobs based in Cooper

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Cooper residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+143%

Jobs based in Cooper, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 73. 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.