Work & commute · East Gillespie

Work & commute in East Gillespie, IL

Most working residents leave East Gillespie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gillespie (6%), Springfield (5%) and Carlinville (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 119 East Gillespie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Gillespie.

119live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Gillespie goes to work

Gillespie0.9 mi away

6%7

Springfield46 mi away

5%6

Carlinville10.2 mi away

4%5

Staunton8.8 mi away

4%5

East Alton23.6 mi away

4%5

Litchfield8.3 mi away

4%5

Alton24.3 mi away

3%4

Decatur68.3 mi away

3%4

St. Louis, MO41.8 mi away

3%4

Hillsboro18.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%71

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

How far

How far East Gillespie commutes

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

21%

24%

33%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Gillespie is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Gillespie are

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

Jobs based in East Gillespie

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs East Gillespie residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−89%

Jobs based in East Gillespie, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 10. 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.