Work & commute · Mount Pulaski

Work & commute in Mount Pulaski, IL

Most working residents leave Mount Pulaski for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (18%), Decatur (14%) and Lincoln (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

85 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 530 Mount Pulaski residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 402 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pulaski.

530live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

402work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pulaski goes to work

Springfield24.4 mi away

18%108

Mount Pulaski (in town)right here

14%85

Decatur21.4 mi away

14%84

Lincoln10.7 mi away

9%54

Chicago151.3 mi away

3%17

West Lincoln13.8 mi away

3%16

Bloomington36.2 mi away

2%13

Normal38.4 mi away

1%9

Peoria54.2 mi away

1%9

Latham7.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%212

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

How far

How far Mount Pulaski commutes

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

21%

42%

16%

21%

21%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pulaski is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pulaski are

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

Jobs based in Mount Pulaski

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mount Pulaski residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14%

Jobs based in Mount Pulaski, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 487. 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.