Work & commute · Mount Erie

Work & commute in Mount Erie, IL

Most working residents leave Mount Erie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (18%), Albion (15%) and Grover (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 39 Mount Erie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Erie.

39live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Erie goes to work

Fairfield12 mi away

18%7

Albion13.4 mi away

15%6

Grover11.6 mi away

10%4

Xenia23.5 mi away

5%2

Mount Vernon39.6 mi away

5%2

Springfield116.2 mi away

5%2

Louisville23 mi away

3%1

Altamont46.6 mi away

3%1

Carmi29.8 mi away

3%1

Flora16.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%12

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

How far

How far Mount Erie commutes

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

62%

15%

21%

3%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Erie is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Erie are

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

Jobs based in Mount Erie

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Mount Erie residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+7%

Jobs based in Mount Erie, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 60. 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.