Work & commute · Cowden

Work & commute in Cowden, IL

Most working residents leave Cowden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pana (11%), Shelbyville (10%) and Effingham (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 226 Cowden residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cowden.

226live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cowden goes to work

Pana15.9 mi away

11%24

Shelbyville11.6 mi away

10%23

Effingham18.8 mi away

9%20

Decatur42.1 mi away

7%17

Springfield56.2 mi away

4%9

Vandalia23.3 mi away

2%5

Taylorville32.7 mi away

2%5

Rose10.1 mi away

2%5

Herrick7 mi away

2%4

Mattoon30.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%111

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

How far

How far Cowden commutes

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

44%

20%

30%

7%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cowden is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cowden are

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

Jobs based in Cowden

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Cowden residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−73%

Jobs based in Cowden, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 38. 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.