Work & commute · North Otter

Work & commute in North Otter, IL

Most working residents leave North Otter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (25%), Girard (6%) and Virden (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 368 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 366 North Otter residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Otter.

366live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Otter goes to work

Springfield24.7 mi away

25%92

Girard5.2 mi away

6%23

Virden5.6 mi away

5%17

Carlinville13.9 mi away

5%17

Jacksonville25.9 mi away

4%14

Chatham16.5 mi away

3%10

South Palmyra8.2 mi away

2%7

Auburn9.5 mi away

2%6

Effingham74.7 mi away

1%5

Springfield27.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%172

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

How far

How far North Otter commutes

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

18%

25%

29%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Otter is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Otter are

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

Jobs based in North Otter

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs North Otter residents hold

368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−67%

Jobs based in North Otter, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 35. 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.