Work & commute · Lamard

Work & commute in Lamard, IL

Most working residents leave Lamard for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (20%), Flora (9%) and Mount Vernon (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 512 Lamard residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamard.

512live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamard goes to work

Fairfield4.4 mi away

20%104

Flora16.3 mi away

9%46

Mount Vernon28.4 mi away

8%42

Albion19.8 mi away

4%22

Salem32.3 mi away

3%16

Louisville23.7 mi away

2%9

Cisne5.6 mi away

2%8

Wayne City11.2 mi away

2%8

Big Mound8.1 mi away

2%8

Effingham48 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%252

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

How far

How far Lamard commutes

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

27%

23%

21%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamard is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamard are

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

Jobs based in Lamard

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lamard residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−38%

Jobs based in Lamard, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 142. 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.