Work & commute · Ridgway

Work & commute in Ridgway, IL

Most working residents leave Ridgway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (7%), Black (7%) and Equality (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 306 Ridgway residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgway.

306live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgway goes to work

Evansville, IN41.7 mi away

7%24

Black, IN21.5 mi away

7%22

Equality5.4 mi away

6%20

Eldorado9.9 mi away

5%17

Ridgway (in town)right here

5%15

Shawneetown7 mi away

3%9

Omaha6.8 mi away

2%8

Harrisburg16.1 mi away

2%8

Carmi20.5 mi away

2%7

Marion37.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%185

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

How far

How far Ridgway commutes

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

26%

22%

19%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgway is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgway are

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

Jobs based in Ridgway

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ridgway residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−21%

Jobs based in Ridgway, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 168. 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.