Work & commute · Ricks

Work & commute in Ricks, IL

Most working residents leave Ricks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Taylorville (22%), Springfield (18%) and Decatur (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 482 Ricks residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ricks.

482live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ricks goes to work

Taylorville11.9 mi away

22%111

Springfield29.3 mi away

18%91

Decatur40.1 mi away

6%28

Chicago190.7 mi away

3%17

Bloomington77.4 mi away

2%12

Morrisonville2.7 mi away

2%11

Peoria93.5 mi away

2%10

Taylorville12.3 mi away

2%10

Normal80 mi away

2%8

Effingham50.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%191

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

How far

How far Ricks commutes

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

34%

30%

32%

5%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ricks is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ricks are

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

Jobs based in Ricks

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ricks residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−40%

Jobs based in Ricks, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 225. 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.