Work & commute · Lovington

Work & commute in Lovington, IL

Most working residents leave Lovington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (20%), Arthur (10%) and Sullivan (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 442 Lovington residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovington.

442live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovington goes to work

Decatur18.7 mi away

20%90

Arthur8.7 mi away

10%45

Sullivan8.4 mi away

9%40

Springfield54 mi away

6%26

Bourbon11.9 mi away

4%18

Mattoon21.9 mi away

4%16

Bloomington55.5 mi away

3%13

East Nelson11.6 mi away

2%11

Mount Zion14.2 mi away

2%9

Jonathan Creek7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%171

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

How far

How far Lovington commutes

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

27%

38%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovington 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 Lovington are

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

Jobs based in Lovington

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lovington residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−25%

Jobs based in Lovington, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 58. 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.