Work & commute · Meacham

Work & commute in Meacham, IL

Most working residents leave Meacham for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (27%), Centralia (7%) and Mount Vernon (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 116 Meacham residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meacham.

116live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meacham goes to work

Salem16 mi away

27%32

Centralia27.5 mi away

7%8

Mount Vernon34.1 mi away

5%6

Marion73.6 mi away

4%5

Chicago217.9 mi away

3%4

Springfield84.3 mi away

3%4

Farina3.4 mi away

3%3

Meacham (in town)right here

3%3

Louisville12.9 mi away

2%2

Kinmundy5.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%50

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

How far

How far Meacham commutes

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

10%

36%

20%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meacham is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meacham are

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

Jobs based in Meacham

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Meacham residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−50%

Jobs based in Meacham, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 52. 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.