Work & commute · Cotton Hill

Work & commute in Cotton Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Cotton Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (54%), Rochester (3%) and Riverton (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

56 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 463 Cotton Hill residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotton Hill.

463live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cotton Hill goes to work

Springfield10.5 mi away

54%251

Rochester6 mi away

3%13

Riverton12.9 mi away

2%11

Peoria75.6 mi away

2%11

Rochester6 mi away

2%10

Normal66.3 mi away

2%7

Decatur35.2 mi away

2%7

Chicago179.2 mi away

2%7

Pawnee5 mi away

1%6

Champaign74.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%134

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

How far

How far Cotton Hill commutes

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

33%

38%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cotton Hill is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotton Hill are

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

Jobs based in Cotton Hill

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cotton Hill residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+42%

Jobs based in Cotton Hill, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 34. 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.