Work & commute · Farina

Work & commute in Farina, IL

Most working residents leave Farina for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (13%), St. Elmo (7%) and Brownstown (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 195 Farina residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farina.

195live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farina goes to work

Effingham23.7 mi away

13%26

St. Elmo13.9 mi away

7%14

Brownstown14.8 mi away

4%9

Farina (in town)right here

4%9

Altamont15.8 mi away

4%8

Salem16.9 mi away

4%8

Vandalia20.4 mi away

4%8

Kinmundy5.5 mi away

3%6

Centralia28.1 mi away

3%6

Mattoon50.2 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%104

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

How far

How far Farina commutes

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

10%

43%

12%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farina is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farina are

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

Jobs based in Farina

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Farina residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+43%

Jobs based in Farina, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 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.