Work & commute · Prairieton

Work & commute in Prairieton, IL

Most working residents leave Prairieton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (22%), Springfield (19%) and Taylorville (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 187 Prairieton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairieton.

187live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairieton goes to work

Decatur18.6 mi away

22%41

Springfield32.5 mi away

19%36

Taylorville13.1 mi away

8%16

Pana15 mi away

4%7

Assumption6.7 mi away

3%6

Bloomington60 mi away

3%6

Moweaqua3.3 mi away

3%5

Chicago170.2 mi away

3%5

Stonington6.3 mi away

2%4

Mattoon39.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%61

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

How far

How far Prairieton commutes

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

11%

43%

25%

22%

11%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairieton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairieton are

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

Jobs based in Prairieton

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Prairieton residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2600%

Jobs based in Prairieton, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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.