Work & commute · Moores Prairie

Work & commute in Moores Prairie, IL

Most working residents leave Moores Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (40%), Marion (5%) and Ina (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 103 Moores Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moores Prairie.

103live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moores Prairie goes to work

Mount Vernon12.4 mi away

40%41

Marion31.5 mi away

5%5

Ina7 mi away

4%4

Carbondale39.4 mi away

4%4

Dodds7.9 mi away

4%4

St. Louis, MO85.6 mi away

3%3

Springfield121.1 mi away

2%2

Ewing8.2 mi away

2%2

Crainville32.7 mi away

1%1

Carmi33.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%36

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

How far

How far Moores Prairie commutes

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

51%

15%

29%

5%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moores Prairie is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moores Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Moores Prairie

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Moores Prairie residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+820%

Jobs based in Moores Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 46. 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.