Work & commute · Lamotte

Work & commute in Lamotte, IL

Most working residents leave Lamotte for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Robinson (32%), Robinson (7%) and Palestine (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 667 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 628 Lamotte residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamotte.

628live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamotte goes to work

Robinson6.1 mi away

32%213

Robinson7 mi away

7%48

Palestine1.1 mi away

4%29

Montgomery8 mi away

3%18

Marshall26.8 mi away

3%17

Vincennes, IN24.2 mi away

2%15

Oblong15.6 mi away

2%13

Chicago195 mi away

2%13

Allison20.6 mi away

2%12

Effingham50.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%278

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

How far

How far Lamotte commutes

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

48%

11%

13%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamotte is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamotte are

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

Jobs based in Lamotte

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lamotte residents hold

667 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−6%

Jobs based in Lamotte, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 259. 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.