Work & commute · Shaws Point

Work & commute in Shaws Point, IL

Most working residents leave Shaws Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carlinville (19%), Springfield (15%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Shaws Point residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaws Point.

166live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaws Point goes to work

Carlinville6.9 mi away

19%32

Springfield33.8 mi away

15%25

Chicago205.6 mi away

4%7

Virden13.6 mi away

4%6

Litchfield10.3 mi away

3%5

Alton35.2 mi away

2%4

Carlinville6.2 mi away

2%4

Girard9.6 mi away

2%3

Hillsboro17.7 mi away

2%3

Jacksonville38.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%75

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

How far

How far Shaws Point commutes

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

25%

14%

32%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaws Point is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaws Point are

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

Jobs based in Shaws Point

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Shaws Point residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Shaws Point, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 30. 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.