Work & commute · Marrowbone

Work & commute in Marrowbone, IL

Most working residents leave Marrowbone for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sullivan (21%), Decatur (11%) and Mattoon (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 710 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 671 Marrowbone residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marrowbone.

671live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marrowbone goes to work

Sullivan8.5 mi away

21%150

Decatur18.1 mi away

11%81

Mattoon23.8 mi away

6%41

Bethany1.5 mi away

5%34

Arthur16.6 mi away

3%24

Bloomington59.4 mi away

3%24

Springfield48.2 mi away

3%23

Lafayette27.2 mi away

3%20

Champaign42.3 mi away

2%17

Chicago162.6 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%279

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

How far

How far Marrowbone commutes

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

30%

31%

17%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marrowbone is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marrowbone are

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

Jobs based in Marrowbone

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Marrowbone residents hold

710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+41%

Jobs based in Marrowbone, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 276. 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.