Work & commute · Mound Station

Work & commute in Mound Station, IL

Most working residents leave Mound Station for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Sterling (56%), Springfield (8%) and Mount Sterling (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 37 Mound Station residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mound Station.

37live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mound Station goes to work

Mount Sterling5.9 mi away

56%22

Springfield66.8 mi away

8%3

Mount Sterling7.5 mi away

8%3

Mound Station (in town)right here

5%2

Quincy27.2 mi away

5%2

Versailles14.2 mi away

3%1

Beardstown23.4 mi away

3%1

Glen Ellyn195 mi away

3%1

Joliet176.7 mi away

3%1

Cuba, MO137 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%2

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

How far

How far Mound Station commutes

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

72%

15%

72%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mound Station is a job hub

3.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mound Station are

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

Jobs based in Mound Station

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Mound Station residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−92%

Jobs based in Mound Station, 2013 → 2023: 1,618 → 133. 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.