Work & commute · Rector

Work & commute in Rector, IL

Most working residents leave Rector for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eldorado (23%), East Eldorado (12%) and Harrisburg (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 26 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 26 Rector residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rector.

26live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rector goes to work

Eldorado5 mi away

23%6

East Eldorado4.5 mi away

12%3

Harrisburg12 mi away

8%2

Carrier Mills18 mi away

8%2

West City29.5 mi away

4%1

Carmi19.7 mi away

4%1

Anna53.1 mi away

4%1

West Frankfort27.5 mi away

4%1

Mount Vernon40 mi away

4%1

Alton117 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%7

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

How far

How far Rector commutes

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

35%

19%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rector is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rector are

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

Jobs based in Rector

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Rector residents hold

26 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+54%

Jobs based in Rector, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 20. 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.