Work & commute · Pana

Work & commute in Pana, IL

About one in 5 of Pana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Decatur (8%), Springfield (8%) and Shelbyville (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

460 of 2,213 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,753 Pana residents head out of town to work, 460 work right here, and 1,163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pana.

1,753live here, work elsewhere

460live and work here

1,163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pana goes to work

Pana (in town)right here

21%460

Decatur33 mi away

8%176

Springfield40.2 mi away

8%174

Shelbyville15.6 mi away

7%144

Assumption8.8 mi away

6%141

Taylorville16.8 mi away

3%76

Bloomington75 mi away

3%66

Mattoon39.3 mi away

2%39

Chicago184.2 mi away

2%37

Effingham34.5 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%864

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

How far

How far Pana commutes

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

30%

15%

28%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pana is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pana are

1,623 jobs are based in Pana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pana

1,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Pana residents hold

2,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in Pana, 2013 → 2023: 1,955 → 1,623. 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.