Work & commute · Iuka

Work & commute in Iuka, IL

Most working residents leave Iuka for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (24%), Mount Vernon (11%) and Centralia (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 421 Iuka residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iuka.

421live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iuka goes to work

Salem11.1 mi away

24%105

Mount Vernon22.1 mi away

11%47

Centralia20.8 mi away

5%23

Flora15.7 mi away

4%17

Marion61.2 mi away

4%16

Iuka1.9 mi away

2%9

Belleville67.1 mi away

2%8

Springfield94.6 mi away

2%8

Edwardsville67.7 mi away

2%7

Chicago230.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%184

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

How far

How far Iuka commutes

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

21%

39%

11%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iuka is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iuka are

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

Jobs based in Iuka

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Iuka residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+16%

Jobs based in Iuka, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 92. 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.