Work & commute · Edgar

Work & commute in Edgar, IL

Most working residents leave Edgar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (22%), Chrisman (8%) and Champaign (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 164 Edgar residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgar.

164live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgar goes to work

Paris8.6 mi away

22%37

Chrisman4.8 mi away

8%13

Champaign39.9 mi away

4%7

Paris7.7 mi away

4%7

Terre Haute, IN25.8 mi away

4%6

Marshall23.5 mi away

3%5

Mattoon39.4 mi away

3%5

Springfield103.2 mi away

3%5

Peoria122.8 mi away

2%4

Ridge Farm11.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%73

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

How far

How far Edgar commutes

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

26%

25%

22%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgar is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgar are

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

Jobs based in Edgar

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Edgar residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+26%

Jobs based in Edgar, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 53. 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.