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Work & commute · May

Work & commute in May, IL

Most working residents leave May for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Taylorville (19%), Springfield (18%) and Decatur (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
3 of 798 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 795 May residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in May.

795live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where May goes to work

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1
Taylorville6.6 mi away
19%151
2
Springfield28.7 mi away
18%143
3
Decatur24.4 mi away
9%72
4
Chicago175.8 mi away
4%28
5
Bloomington64.1 mi away
2%19
6
Assumption8.4 mi away
2%17
7
Pana12.9 mi away
2%17
8
Peoria85 mi away
2%17
9
Morrisonville17.3 mi away
2%15
10
Carbondale127.3 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%310

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

How far

How far May commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
32%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

May is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in May are

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

Jobs based in May

36 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs May residents hold

798 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−41%

Jobs based in May, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 36. 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.

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