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Work & commute · Payson

Work & commute in Payson, IL

Most working residents leave Payson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (36%), Ellington (11%) and Melrose (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
14 of 485 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 471 Payson residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Payson.

471live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
100work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Payson goes to work

PlainvilleLibertyMount SterlingPaysonPittsfieldQuincyPeoriaSpringfieldHannibalFall CreekEllingtonLibertyMelrosePaysonRichfieldBurtonQuincyEllingtonMelroseSpringfieldHannibalPeoriaMount SterlingPittsfieldLibertyPayson
1
Quincy10.8 mi away
36%174
2
Ellington12.8 mi away
11%51
3
Melrose7 mi away
5%25
4
Springfield84.9 mi away
5%23
5
Hannibal, MO11.1 mi away
4%17
6
Payson (in town)right here
3%14
7
Peoria107.4 mi away
2%12
8
Mount Sterling28 mi away
2%10
9
Pittsfield27.5 mi away
2%10
10
Liberty9.3 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%139

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

How far

How far Payson commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
54%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Payson is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Payson are

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

Jobs based in Payson

114 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Payson residents hold

485 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−2%

Jobs based in Payson, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 114. 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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