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Work & commute · Dry Point

Work & commute in Dry Point, IL

Most working residents leave Dry Point for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pana (10%), Shelbyville (10%) and Effingham (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
10 of 417 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 407 Dry Point residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dry Point.

407live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
51work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dry Point goes to work

CowdenHerrickBrownstownPanaShelbyvilleVandaliaMattoonTaylorvilleEffinghamDecaturChicagoSpringfieldSeftonBowling GreenHollandOconeeLoudonDry PointHerrickLakewoodCold SpringPanaShelbyvilleEffinghamDecaturSpringfieldChicagoTaylorvilleOconeeVandaliaMattoonDry Point
1
Pana16 mi away
10%43
2
Shelbyville11.9 mi away
10%40
3
Effingham18.7 mi away
9%38
4
Decatur42.4 mi away
6%27
5
Springfield56.2 mi away
5%20
6
Chicago189.4 mi away
3%12
7
Taylorville32.8 mi away
2%10
8
Oconee12.1 mi away
2%10
9
Vandalia23 mi away
2%9
10
Mattoon31.1 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%199

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

How far

How far Dry Point commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dry Point is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dry Point are

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

Jobs based in Dry Point

61 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities61%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Dry Point residents hold

417 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−66%

Jobs based in Dry Point, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 61. 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.

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