Work & commute · McLeansboro

Work & commute in McLeansboro, IL

About one in 4 of McLeansboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (14%), Eldorado (3%) and Carmi (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

261 of 1,060 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 799 McLeansboro residents head out of town to work, 261 work right here, and 751 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McLeansboro.

799live here, work elsewhere

261live and work here

751work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McLeansboro goes to work

McLeansboro (in town)right here

25%261

Mount Vernon25.7 mi away

14%153

Eldorado20 mi away

3%34

Carmi20 mi away

3%33

Marion32.9 mi away

2%24

Dahlgren9.5 mi away

2%24

Norris City13.8 mi away

2%23

Springfield131.7 mi away

2%23

Carbondale45.2 mi away

2%17

Chicago262.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%455

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

How far

How far McLeansboro commutes

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

29%

20%

27%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McLeansboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McLeansboro are

1,012 jobs are based in McLeansboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McLeansboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McLeansboro

1,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs McLeansboro residents hold

1,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−23%

Jobs based in McLeansboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,306 → 1,012. 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.