Work & commute · Mount Zion

Work & commute in Mount Zion, IL

Most working residents leave Mount Zion for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (48%), Springfield (4%) and Chicago (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

229 of 2,532 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,303 Mount Zion residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Zion.

2,303live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Zion goes to work

Decatur5.6 mi away

48%1,228

Mount Zion (in town)right here

9%229

Springfield40.3 mi away

4%99

Chicago155.1 mi away

2%58

Bloomington48 mi away

2%45

Peoria77.2 mi away

2%41

Mount Zion3.5 mi away

2%40

Champaign39.6 mi away

1%33

Forsyth10.7 mi away

1%31

Carbondale143.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%697

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

How far

How far Mount Zion commutes

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

62%

12%

21%

62%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Zion is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Zion are

1,244 jobs are based in Mount Zion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Zion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Zion

1,244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mount Zion residents hold

2,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Mount Zion, 2013 → 2023: 1,261 → 1,244. 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.