Work & commute · Greenup

Work & commute in Greenup, IL

About one in 5 of Greenup’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenup (22%), Mattoon (8%) and Charleston (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

216 of 962 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 746 Greenup residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 1,121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenup.

746live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

1,121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenup goes to work

Greenup1.5 mi away

22%207

Mattoon20.7 mi away

8%78

Charleston17.7 mi away

7%68

Effingham22.9 mi away

7%67

Casey10.1 mi away

5%47

Sumpter6.6 mi away

3%33

Toledo5.9 mi away

3%31

Teutopolis19.1 mi away

3%29

Lafayette18.8 mi away

3%25

Terre Haute, IN44.2 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%355

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

How far

How far Greenup commutes

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

33%

37%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenup is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenup are

1,337 jobs are based in Greenup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenup

1,337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Greenup residents hold

962 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+44%

Jobs based in Greenup, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 1,337. 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.