Work & commute · Fox

Work & commute in Fox, IL

Most working residents leave Fox for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (18%), Effingham (13%) and Robinson (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 184 Fox residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox.

184live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox goes to work

Newton6.8 mi away

18%35

Effingham28.3 mi away

13%24

Robinson21.4 mi away

5%9

Olney12 mi away

4%8

Fox (in town)right here

4%7

Dieterich18.5 mi away

3%5

Ste. Marie4.7 mi away

2%4

Teutopolis25.7 mi away

2%4

Charleston40.6 mi away

2%4

Chicago204.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%87

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

How far

How far Fox commutes

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

25%

20%

29%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox are

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

Jobs based in Fox

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Fox residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+101%

Jobs based in Fox, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 187. 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.