Work & commute · Gray

Work & commute in Gray, IL

Most working residents leave Gray for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Carmi (18%), Albion (9%) and Grayville (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 421 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 391 Gray residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gray.

391live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gray goes to work

Carmi11.9 mi away

18%76

Albion10 mi away

9%39

Grayville3.6 mi away

8%32

Evansville, IN33 mi away

8%32

Patoka, IN26.6 mi away

5%21

Harrisburg43.4 mi away

2%8

Fairfield20 mi away

2%7

Carmi13.2 mi away

2%7

Springfield137.4 mi away

1%6

Norris City22.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%188

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

How far

How far Gray commutes

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

20%

36%

21%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gray is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gray are

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

Jobs based in Gray

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Gray residents hold

421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Gray, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 317. 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.