Work & commute · Loami

Work & commute in Loami, IL

Most working residents leave Loami for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (50%), New Berlin (3%) and Pleasant Plains (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 332 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 330 Loami residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loami.

330live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loami goes to work

Springfield13.5 mi away

50%166

New Berlin5 mi away

3%11

Pleasant Plains14.4 mi away

3%10

Jacksonville20.8 mi away

2%8

Peoria75.4 mi away

2%6

Talkington7.5 mi away

2%6

Carbondale139 mi away

2%5

Decatur50.2 mi away

2%5

Bloomington72.3 mi away

2%5

Cartwright12 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%105

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

How far

How far Loami commutes

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

19%

52%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loami is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loami are

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

Jobs based in Loami

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Loami residents hold

332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+55%

Jobs based in Loami, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 79. 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.