Work & commute · Nokomis

Work & commute in Nokomis, IL

Most working residents leave Nokomis for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Taylorville (5%), Hillsboro (5%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

130 of 752 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 622 Nokomis residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nokomis.

622live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nokomis goes to work

Nokomis (in town)right here

17%130

Taylorville18.3 mi away

5%38

Hillsboro13.2 mi away

5%35

Springfield38.9 mi away

5%34

Nokomis1.6 mi away

4%33

Pana12.3 mi away

4%29

Shelbyville27 mi away

3%21

Assumption19.7 mi away

2%15

Chicago194.3 mi away

2%15

Mattoon50.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%388

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

How far

How far Nokomis commutes

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

26%

22%

18%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nokomis is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nokomis are

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

Jobs based in Nokomis

533 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Nokomis residents hold

752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Nokomis, 2013 → 2023: 503 → 533. 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.