Work & commute · Greenview

Work & commute in Greenview, IL

Most working residents leave Greenview for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (39%), Athens (4%) and Petersburg (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 288 Greenview residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenview.

288live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenview goes to work

Springfield20.9 mi away

39%114

Athens8.6 mi away

4%11

Petersburg7.4 mi away

3%9

Springfield17.1 mi away

2%7

Clear Lake20.8 mi away

2%7

Chicago161.7 mi away

2%6

Fancy Creek12.2 mi away

2%6

Carbondale165.6 mi away

2%5

Decatur45.6 mi away

2%5

Greenview (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%118

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

How far

How far Greenview commutes

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

14%

54%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenview is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenview are

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

Jobs based in Greenview

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Greenview residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Greenview, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 111. 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.