Work & commute · Orel

Work & commute in Orel, IL

Most working residents leave Orel for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (16%), Fairfield (11%) and Big Mound (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 513 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 478 Orel residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orel.

478live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orel goes to work

Mount Vernon19.7 mi away

16%81

Fairfield11.2 mi away

11%58

Big Mound7.2 mi away

7%35

Wayne City3.5 mi away

6%30

Albion27.4 mi away

3%15

Flora25.3 mi away

3%14

Salem31.2 mi away

2%12

Carmi25.7 mi away

2%11

Chicago248.3 mi away

2%10

Paris101.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%238

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

How far

How far Orel commutes

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

16%

37%

18%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orel 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 Orel are

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

Jobs based in Orel

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Orel residents hold

513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−18%

Jobs based in Orel, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 235. 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.