Work & commute · Meredosia

Work & commute in Meredosia, IL

Most working residents leave Meredosia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (22%), Springfield (9%) and Beardstown (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 336 Meredosia residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meredosia.

336live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meredosia goes to work

Jacksonville18.7 mi away

22%76

Springfield48.5 mi away

9%32

Beardstown14 mi away

5%19

Mount Sterling15.3 mi away

5%16

Meredosia (in town)right here

3%11

Bloomington94.9 mi away

2%6

Chicago204.3 mi away

2%6

Bluffs5.8 mi away

1%5

Pittsfield20.9 mi away

1%5

Rushville19.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%167

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

How far

How far Meredosia commutes

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

46%

12%

34%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meredosia is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meredosia are

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

Jobs based in Meredosia

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Meredosia residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Meredosia, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 100. 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.