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Work & commute · Long Creek

Work & commute in Long Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Long Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (56%), Mount Zion (6%) and Springfield (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 528 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 517 Long Creek residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Creek.

517live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
237work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Long Creek goes to work

Long CreekForsythMount ZionCarbondaleDecaturBloomingtonPeoriaSpringfieldOakleySouth WheatlandWhitmoreLong CreekMount ZionDecaturMount ZionSpringfieldForsythPeoriaLong CreekBloomingtonWhitmoreCarbondaleLong Creek
1
Decatur5.8 mi away
56%295
2
Mount Zion2.5 mi away
6%31
3
Springfield42.3 mi away
2%13
4
Long Creek (in town)right here
2%11
5
Forsyth10.4 mi away
2%8
6
Peoria77 mi away
2%8
7
Long Creek1.7 mi away
2%8
8
Bloomington46.8 mi away
1%7
9
Whitmore8.6 mi away
1%7
10
Carbondale145.4 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%134

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.

69%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Long Creek is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Creek are

248 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

248 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Long Creek residents hold

528 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−33%

Jobs based in Long Creek, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 248. 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.

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