Work & commute · Martinsville

Work & commute in Martinsville, IL

Most working residents leave Martinsville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Casey (24%), Greenup (7%) and Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 402 Martinsville residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martinsville.

402live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martinsville goes to work

Casey6 mi away

24%104

Greenup16.2 mi away

7%32

Martinsville (in town)right here

7%28

Charleston18.8 mi away

5%22

Casey4.8 mi away

5%22

Marshall11 mi away

5%21

Effingham38.9 mi away

3%14

Mattoon27.4 mi away

3%12

Springfield99 mi away

2%9

Terre Haute, IN28.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%158

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

How far

How far Martinsville commutes

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

39%

26%

14%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martinsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Martinsville are

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

Jobs based in Martinsville

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Martinsville residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Martinsville, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 327. 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.