Work & commute · Ina

Work & commute in Ina, IL

Most working residents leave Ina for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (37%), Dodds (4%) and Springfield (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 413 Ina residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 928 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ina.

413live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

928work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ina goes to work

Mount Vernon11.4 mi away

37%157

Dodds7.4 mi away

4%19

Ina (in town)right here

4%16

Springfield120.2 mi away

2%9

Marion28.8 mi away

2%8

Chicago262.8 mi away

2%8

St. Louis, MO80 mi away

2%8

Effingham69.7 mi away

2%7

Salem33.1 mi away

1%6

Carbondale34.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%185

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

How far

How far Ina commutes

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

10%

44%

12%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ina is a job hub

2.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ina are

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

Jobs based in Ina

944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ina residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Ina, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 944. 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.