Work & commute · Mosquito

Work & commute in Mosquito, IL

Most working residents leave Mosquito for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (29%), Taylorville (9%) and Decatur (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Mosquito residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mosquito.

137live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mosquito goes to work

Springfield23.3 mi away

29%40

Taylorville14.6 mi away

9%12

Decatur16.1 mi away

9%12

Edinburg11.9 mi away

4%5

Assumption18.6 mi away

3%4

Bloomington51.2 mi away

3%4

Rochester16.6 mi away

2%3

Carbondale140.7 mi away

2%3

Illiopolis7.7 mi away

2%3

Buffalo12.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%51

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

How far

How far Mosquito commutes

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

53%

18%

25%

4%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mosquito is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mosquito are

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

Jobs based in Mosquito

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mosquito residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+123%

Jobs based in Mosquito, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 29. 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.