Work & commute · Douglas

Work & commute in Douglas, IL

43% of Douglas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Effingham (47%), Teutopolis (6%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

2,293 of 5,394 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,101 Douglas residents head out of town to work, 2,293 work right here, and 11,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas.

3,101live here, work elsewhere

2,293live and work here

11,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglas goes to work

Effingham3.4 mi away

47%2,562

Teutopolis3.8 mi away

6%330

Springfield73.3 mi away

4%226

Mattoon23.3 mi away

2%99

Chicago189.8 mi away

1%73

Altamont13.8 mi away

1%60

Watson8.4 mi away

1%54

Lafayette25 mi away

1%53

Edwardsville82.4 mi away

1%51

Decatur52.1 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,838

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

How far

How far Douglas commutes

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

58%

30%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas are

14,073 jobs are based in Douglas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Douglas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Douglas

14,073 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Douglas residents hold

5,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 13,171 → 14,073. 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.