Work & commute · Shawneetown

Work & commute in Shawneetown, IL

Most working residents leave Shawneetown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Equality (7%), Harrisburg (6%) and Black (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 357 Shawneetown residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawneetown.

357live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawneetown goes to work

Equality6.7 mi away

7%27

Harrisburg19.7 mi away

6%22

Shawneetown (in town)right here

6%21

Black, IN21.9 mi away

5%18

Marion41.3 mi away

4%17

Eldorado15.4 mi away

4%15

Morganfield, KY16.8 mi away

3%12

Gold Hill1.7 mi away

3%11

Ridgway7 mi away

2%9

Evansville, IN40.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%217

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

How far

How far Shawneetown commutes

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

25%

27%

18%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawneetown is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawneetown are

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

Jobs based in Shawneetown

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Shawneetown residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−57%

Jobs based in Shawneetown, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 148. 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.