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Work & commute · Petty

Work & commute in Petty, IL

Most working residents leave Petty for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceville (15%), Vincennes (10%) and Robinson (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 280 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 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 280 Petty residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petty.

280live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Petty goes to work

CalhounOblongBridgeportSumnerLawrencevilleMarshallRobinsonOlneyVincennesChristyAllisonRobinsonSouthwestLawrencePettyBondBonpasOlneyGermanHoney CreekVincennesLawrencevilleVincennesRobinsonAllisonVincennesOlneySumnerChristyLawrenceOblongPetty
1
Lawrenceville9.7 mi away
15%41
2
Vincennes, IN19.8 mi away
10%28
3
Robinson15.7 mi away
6%16
4
Allison15 mi away
4%11
5
Vincennes, IN19.1 mi away
4%11
6
Olney13.9 mi away
3%8
7
Sumner5.9 mi away
3%7
8
Christy7 mi away
3%7
9
Lawrence9.1 mi away
3%7
10
Oblong14.6 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%138

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

How far

How far Petty commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Petty is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Petty are

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

Jobs based in Petty

16 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)81%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)19%
$1,250 a month or less6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Petty residents hold

280 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−71%

Jobs based in Petty, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 16. 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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