Work & commute · Mattoon

Work & commute in Mattoon, IL

About one in 3 of Mattoon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mattoon (33%), Charleston (8%) and Lafayette (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

2,129 of 6,452 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,323 Mattoon residents head out of town to work, 2,129 work right here, and 7,579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mattoon.

4,323live here, work elsewhere

2,129live and work here

7,579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mattoon goes to work

Mattoon2.8 mi away

33%2,136

Charleston12.7 mi away

8%522

Lafayette6.6 mi away

7%454

Mattoon (in town)right here

4%269

Effingham25.6 mi away

4%264

Champaign44.7 mi away

3%194

Sullivan13.2 mi away

3%170

Urbana45.3 mi away

2%119

Arcola15.5 mi away

2%114

Chicago167.5 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,110

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

How far

How far Mattoon commutes

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

49%

18%

14%

19%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mattoon is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mattoon are

9,708 jobs are based in Mattoon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mattoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mattoon

9,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mattoon residents hold

6,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Mattoon, 2013 → 2023: 9,900 → 9,708. 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.