Work & commute · Ramsey

Work & commute in Ramsey, IL

Most working residents leave Ramsey for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Vandalia (27%), Effingham (6%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 358 Ramsey residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ramsey.

358live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ramsey goes to work

Vandalia11.8 mi away

27%101

Effingham30 mi away

6%24

Springfield52.9 mi away

4%16

Greenville23.3 mi away

4%15

Ramsey (in town)right here

3%12

Shelbyville24.7 mi away

2%7

Mattoon46.1 mi away

2%7

Highland40.4 mi away

2%6

Litchfield29.8 mi away

2%6

Hillsboro19.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%170

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

How far

How far Ramsey commutes

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

44%

21%

29%

5%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ramsey is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ramsey are

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

Jobs based in Ramsey

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ramsey residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Ramsey, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 186. 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.