Work & commute · Emma

Work & commute in Emma, IL

Most working residents leave Emma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Norris City (14%), Carmi (12%) and Evansville (12%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 106 Emma residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emma.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emma goes to work

Norris City12.7 mi away

14%15

Carmi9.6 mi away

12%13

Evansville, IN30.6 mi away

12%13

Mount Vernon50.9 mi away

6%6

Eldorado21.5 mi away

5%5

Black, IN9.7 mi away

5%5

McLeansboro25.7 mi away

3%3

Fairfield32.6 mi away

2%2

Harrisburg29 mi away

2%2

Marion48.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%41

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

How far

How far Emma commutes

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

19%

26%

28%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emma is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emma are

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

Jobs based in Emma

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Emma residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+157%

Jobs based in Emma, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 72. 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.