Work & commute · Marshall

Work & commute in Marshall, IL

About one in 4 of Marshall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (10%), Casey (3%) and Robinson (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

366 of 1,337 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 971 Marshall residents head out of town to work, 366 work right here, and 1,543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshall.

971live here, work elsewhere

366live and work here

1,543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshall goes to work

Marshall (in town)right here

27%366

Terre Haute, IN17.4 mi away

10%129

Casey17 mi away

3%41

Robinson27.1 mi away

3%41

Charleston26.6 mi away

2%31

Mattoon36.2 mi away

2%30

Honey Creek, IN15.1 mi away

2%27

Urbana56 mi away

2%23

Effingham49.9 mi away

2%23

Auburn6.2 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%604

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

How far

How far Marshall commutes

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

33%

20%

13%

35%

33%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshall are

1,909 jobs are based in Marshall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshall

1,909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Marshall residents hold

1,337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 1,672 → 1,909. 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.