Work & commute · Neoga

Work & commute in Neoga, IL

Most working residents leave Neoga for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (19%), Mattoon (14%) and Neoga (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 1,202 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,096 Neoga residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neoga.

1,096live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neoga goes to work

Effingham16.1 mi away

19%224

Mattoon10.9 mi away

14%163

Neoga2.6 mi away

7%86

Teutopolis13.9 mi away

5%63

Lafayette12.1 mi away

4%54

Charleston16.4 mi away

3%32

Urbana55.4 mi away

2%27

Decatur46.4 mi away

2%23

Greenup13.9 mi away

2%21

Champaign55 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%488

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

How far

How far Neoga commutes

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

14%

55%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neoga is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neoga are

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

Jobs based in Neoga

557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Neoga residents hold

1,202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Neoga, 2013 → 2023: 558 → 557. 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.