Work & commute · Sangamon Valley

Work & commute in Sangamon Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Sangamon Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Beardstown (25%), Springfield (10%) and Virginia (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 141 Sangamon Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sangamon Valley.

141live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sangamon Valley goes to work

Beardstown11.4 mi away

25%35

Springfield34 mi away

10%14

Virginia4.2 mi away

7%10

Jacksonville19.7 mi away

6%8

Virginia5.9 mi away

5%7

Mount Sterling29.1 mi away

4%6

Rushville19.9 mi away

2%3

Hillsboro70.2 mi away

2%3

Beardstown11.6 mi away

2%3

Belleville104.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%50

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

How far

How far Sangamon Valley commutes

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

26%

18%

30%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sangamon Valley is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sangamon Valley are

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

Jobs based in Sangamon Valley

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Sangamon Valley residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+50%

Jobs based in Sangamon Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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.