Work & commute · Gillespie

Work & commute in Gillespie, IL

Most working residents leave Gillespie for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (7%), Springfield (7%) and Carlinville (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 1,359 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,243 Gillespie residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gillespie.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gillespie goes to work

Gillespie (in town)right here

9%116

Litchfield8.9 mi away

7%94

Springfield46.9 mi away

7%89

Carlinville11 mi away

5%70

Edwardsville24.9 mi away

4%51

Staunton8 mi away

3%45

St. Louis, MO40.9 mi away

3%39

East Alton22.8 mi away

3%34

Hillsboro18.8 mi away

3%34

Alton23.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%760

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

How far

How far Gillespie commutes

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

25%

21%

35%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gillespie is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gillespie are

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

Jobs based in Gillespie

663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Gillespie residents hold

1,359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Gillespie, 2013 → 2023: 702 → 663. 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.