Work & commute · Pocahontas

Work & commute in Pocahontas, IL

Most working residents leave Pocahontas for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (14%), Highland (9%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Pocahontas residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pocahontas.

283live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pocahontas goes to work

Greenville9.1 mi away

14%40

Highland8.8 mi away

9%26

Springfield67 mi away

5%13

Breese14.6 mi away

2%7

Maryville23.8 mi away

2%7

Edwardsville24.3 mi away

2%7

Chicago229.9 mi away

2%7

Vandalia25.2 mi away

2%6

Mattoon77.5 mi away

2%6

Mount Vernon48.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%161

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

How far

How far Pocahontas commutes

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

29%

21%

15%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pocahontas is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pocahontas are

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

Jobs based in Pocahontas

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pocahontas residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−19%

Jobs based in Pocahontas, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 54. 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.