Work & commute · Lowe

Work & commute in Lowe, IL

Most working residents leave Lowe for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Arthur (17%), Sullivan (10%) and Bourbon (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

88 of 785 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 697 Lowe residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowe.

697live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowe goes to work

Arthur3.8 mi away

17%134

Sullivan11.1 mi away

10%76

Bourbon7 mi away

8%61

Mattoon20.4 mi away

5%36

Decatur22.8 mi away

4%32

East Nelson12.3 mi away

4%28

Bloomington55.7 mi away

3%25

Lowe (in town)right here

3%24

Jonathan Creek6.3 mi away

3%23

Chicago151.2 mi away

3%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%325

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

How far

How far Lowe commutes

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

38%

24%

10%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowe are

1,062 jobs are based in Lowe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lowe

1,062 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Lowe residents hold

785 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−26%

Jobs based in Lowe, 2013 → 2023: 1,437 → 1,062. 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.