Work & commute · Loudon

Work & commute in Loudon, IL

Most working residents leave Loudon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (19%), St. Elmo (14%) and Vandalia (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 345 Loudon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loudon.

345live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loudon goes to work

Effingham17.3 mi away

19%66

St. Elmo8.5 mi away

14%49

Vandalia17.3 mi away

8%27

Altamont9.1 mi away

5%16

Springfield60.8 mi away

4%13

Summit11.8 mi away

2%7

Mattoon35.7 mi away

2%6

Brownstown11.3 mi away

1%5

Farina22.3 mi away

1%5

Charleston44 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%147

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

How far

How far Loudon commutes

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

16%

45%

12%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loudon is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loudon are

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

Jobs based in Loudon

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Loudon residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+109%

Jobs based in Loudon, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 46. 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.