Work & commute · East Oakland

Work & commute in East Oakland, IL

Most working residents leave East Oakland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (15%), Mattoon (11%) and Arcola (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 485 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 473 East Oakland residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Oakland.

473live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Oakland goes to work

Charleston13.2 mi away

15%72

Mattoon21.1 mi away

11%52

Arcola15.3 mi away

5%26

Paris17.7 mi away

5%23

Arthur24.5 mi away

3%16

Lafayette18 mi away

3%15

Bourbon21.2 mi away

3%14

Effingham45.3 mi away

3%13

Champaign35.9 mi away

3%13

Urbana34.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%229

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

How far

How far East Oakland commutes

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

56%

18%

22%

5%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Oakland is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Oakland are

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

Jobs based in East Oakland

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs East Oakland residents hold

485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in East Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 151. 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.