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Work & commute · Palestine

Work & commute in Palestine, IL

Most working residents leave Palestine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Robinson (32%), Robinson (7%) and Marshall (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
16 of 440 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 424 Palestine residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palestine.

424live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
144work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Palestine goes to work

PalestineOblongMarshallRobinsonParisOlneyEffinghamVincennesAllisonHutsonvilleLamotteMontgomeryRobinsonOblongMartinHoney CreekRobinsonRobinsonMarshallMontgomeryOblongEffinghamVincennesAllisonParisPalestine
1
Robinson6.5 mi away
32%141
2
Robinson7.5 mi away
7%30
3
Palestine (in town)right here
4%16
4
Marshall27.8 mi away
3%12
5
Montgomery7 mi away
3%11
6
Oblong16 mi away
2%10
7
Effingham51 mi away
2%10
8
Vincennes, IN23.1 mi away
2%10
9
Allison19.6 mi away
2%10
10
Paris42.6 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%183

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

How far

How far Palestine commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Palestine is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palestine are

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

Jobs based in Palestine

160 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Palestine residents hold

440 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+1%

Jobs based in Palestine, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 160. 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.

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