Work & commute · Patoka

Work & commute in Patoka, IL

Most working residents leave Patoka for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (22%), Centralia (9%) and Mount Vernon (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 376 Patoka residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patoka.

376live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patoka goes to work

Salem12.6 mi away

22%89

Centralia18.2 mi away

9%35

Mount Vernon33.6 mi away

6%26

Patoka (in town)right here

6%23

Springfield75.9 mi away

3%11

Vandalia13.3 mi away

2%9

Marion72.9 mi away

2%9

Sandoval12 mi away

2%7

Collinsville50.5 mi away

2%7

Patoka2.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%183

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

How far

How far Patoka commutes

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

11%

44%

16%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patoka 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 Patoka are

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

Jobs based in Patoka

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Patoka residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−25%

Jobs based in Patoka, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 185. 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.