Work & commute · Mason

Work & commute in Mason, IL

Most working residents leave Mason for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (41%), Teutopolis (6%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 600 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 598 Mason residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mason.

598live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mason goes to work

Effingham13.1 mi away

41%245

Teutopolis15.7 mi away

6%36

Springfield78.9 mi away

3%20

Altamont9.2 mi away

3%18

Watson9.6 mi away

2%12

St. Elmo12 mi away

2%10

Mattoon39.8 mi away

2%9

Teutopolis15.1 mi away

1%8

Decatur64.6 mi away

1%7

Summit13 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%228

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

How far

How far Mason commutes

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

14%

53%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mason is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mason are

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

Jobs based in Mason

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Mason residents hold

600 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−54%

Jobs based in Mason, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 39. 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.