Work & commute · Odin

Work & commute in Odin, IL

Most working residents leave Odin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (22%), Centralia (9%) and Mount Vernon (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 383 Odin residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odin.

383live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odin goes to work

Salem5.2 mi away

22%87

Centralia7.5 mi away

9%37

Mount Vernon22.1 mi away

8%32

Odin (in town)right here

3%11

Centralia7.2 mi away

3%10

Marion61.2 mi away

2%9

Springfield87.1 mi away

2%8

O'Fallon46.5 mi away

2%7

Brookside10.8 mi away

2%7

Chicago234 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%180

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

How far

How far Odin commutes

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

44%

14%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odin 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 Odin are

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

Jobs based in Odin

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Odin residents hold

394 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 month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Odin, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 192. 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.