Work & commute · Leech

Work & commute in Leech, IL

Most working residents leave Leech for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (25%), Albion (11%) and Flora (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 Leech residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leech.

193live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leech goes to work

Fairfield10.2 mi away

25%48

Albion8.6 mi away

11%21

Flora28 mi away

5%9

Cisne18.4 mi away

4%7

Mount Vernon38.9 mi away

4%7

Springfield127.7 mi away

3%5

Big Mound12.1 mi away

3%5

Carmi16.4 mi away

2%4

Effingham58.3 mi away

2%4

Grover6.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%80

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

How far

How far Leech commutes

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

27%

38%

17%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leech is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leech are

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

Jobs based in Leech

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Leech residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+252%

Jobs based in Leech, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 109. 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.