Work & commute · Long Creek

Work & commute in Long Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Long Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (53%), Mount Zion (4%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

204 of 4,497 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,293 Long Creek residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 1,458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Creek.

4,293live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

1,458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Creek goes to work

Decatur5.7 mi away

53%2,398

Mount Zion4 mi away

4%190

Springfield43.2 mi away

4%178

Chicago151.3 mi away

2%107

Champaign35.6 mi away

1%64

Peoria76.1 mi away

1%62

Forsyth9.8 mi away

1%60

Bloomington45.4 mi away

1%52

Carbondale146.9 mi away

1%48

Mount Zion6.3 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,293

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

How far

How far Long Creek commutes

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

63%

11%

21%

63%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Creek is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Creek are

1,662 jobs are based in Long Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Creek

1,662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Long Creek residents hold

4,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−22%

Jobs based in Long Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,131 → 1,662. 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.