Work & commute · Equality

Work & commute in Equality, IL

Most working residents leave Equality for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (9%), Shawneetown (6%) and Black (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 276 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 259 Equality residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Equality.

259live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Equality goes to work

Harrisburg13 mi away

9%24

Shawneetown6.7 mi away

6%17

Equality (in town)right here

5%13

Black, IN26.2 mi away

5%13

Eldorado9.2 mi away

4%12

Evansville, IN45.8 mi away

4%12

Marion34.6 mi away

4%10

Mount Vernon52.3 mi away

3%9

Carbondale50 mi away

2%6

Morganfield, KY23.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%154

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

How far

How far Equality commutes

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

26%

19%

26%

30%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Equality is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Equality are

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

Jobs based in Equality

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Equality residents hold

276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+130%

Jobs based in Equality, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 269. 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.