Work & commute · Locust

Work & commute in Locust, IL

Most working residents leave Locust for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Assumption (9%), Pana (8%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 959 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 952 Locust residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locust.

952live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locust goes to work

Assumption8.1 mi away

9%88

Pana7.9 mi away

8%81

Springfield32.4 mi away

7%71

Taylorville8.9 mi away

7%68

Decatur29.5 mi away

7%67

Chicago181.1 mi away

4%43

Bloomington69.9 mi away

4%38

Shelbyville21.4 mi away

2%23

Normal72.8 mi away

2%18

Peoria90.8 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%444

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

How far

How far Locust commutes

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

19%

16%

21%

43%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locust is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Locust are

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

Jobs based in Locust

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Locust residents hold

959 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1123%

Jobs based in Locust, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 318. 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.