Work & commute · Ora

Work & commute in Ora, IL

Most working residents leave Ora for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (10%), Murphysboro (9%) and Bradley (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 211 Ora residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ora.

211live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ora goes to work

Carbondale16.7 mi away

10%22

Murphysboro10.7 mi away

9%20

Bradley7.9 mi away

9%20

Ora (in town)right here

5%11

Steeleville14.9 mi away

4%9

Pinckneyville13.5 mi away

4%9

Campbell Hill7.3 mi away

4%8

Du Quoin12.3 mi away

3%6

Marion28.8 mi away

2%5

Vergennes5.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%107

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

How far

How far Ora commutes

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

27%

37%

16%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ora is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ora are

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

Jobs based in Ora

398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Ora residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Ora, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 398. 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.