Work & commute · Herrick

Work & commute in Herrick, IL

Most working residents leave Herrick for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pana (11%), Effingham (9%) and Shelbyville (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 145 Herrick residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herrick.

145live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herrick goes to work

Pana13.4 mi away

11%16

Effingham24.2 mi away

9%13

Shelbyville16.5 mi away

8%12

Oconee6.7 mi away

5%7

Assumption20.9 mi away

3%5

Decatur44.1 mi away

3%5

Bloomington86.8 mi away

3%5

Springfield52.9 mi away

3%5

Chicago193.3 mi away

3%4

Sullivan32.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%71

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

How far

How far Herrick commutes

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

40%

18%

33%

9%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herrick is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herrick are

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

Jobs based in Herrick

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less70%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Herrick residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−38%

Jobs based in Herrick, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 23. 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.