Work & commute · La Clede

Work & commute in La Clede, IL

Most working residents leave La Clede for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (13%), St. Elmo (6%) and Farina (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 314 La Clede residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Clede.

314live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Clede goes to work

Effingham20.7 mi away

13%45

St. Elmo11.8 mi away

6%20

Farina3 mi away

6%19

Vandalia20.4 mi away

5%17

Salem19.8 mi away

4%14

Altamont13.1 mi away

4%13

Brownstown13.8 mi away

3%11

Springfield79.6 mi away

3%11

Kinmundy8.4 mi away

3%9

Centralia31 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%169

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

How far

How far La Clede commutes

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

11%

43%

13%

34%

11%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Clede is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Clede are

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

Jobs based in La Clede

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs La Clede residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+14%

Jobs based in La Clede, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 316. 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.