Work & commute · East Fork

Work & commute in East Fork, IL

Most working residents leave East Fork for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Centralia (17%), Carlyle (8%) and Breese (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 155 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 155 East Fork residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Fork.

155live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Fork goes to work

Centralia12.6 mi away

17%26

Carlyle10.2 mi away

8%12

Breese17.9 mi away

5%8

St. Louis, MO56 mi away

4%6

Chicago231.6 mi away

3%5

Meridian5.9 mi away

3%5

Sandoval7.3 mi away

2%3

Trenton26.4 mi away

2%3

Nashville26 mi away

2%3

Mount Vernon30.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%81

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

How far

How far East Fork commutes

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

13%

42%

20%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Fork is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Fork are

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

Jobs based in East Fork

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs East Fork residents hold

155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in East Fork, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 8. 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.