Work & commute · Shelbyville

Work & commute in Shelbyville, IL

About one in 3 of Shelbyville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Decatur (6%), Mattoon (4%) and Sullivan (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

661 of 1,971 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 1,310 Shelbyville residents head out of town to work, 661 work right here, and 1,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelbyville.

1,310live here, work elsewhere

661live and work here

1,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelbyville goes to work

Shelbyville (in town)right here

34%661

Decatur31.6 mi away

6%119

Mattoon23.8 mi away

4%86

Sullivan16.3 mi away

3%66

Springfield52.1 mi away

3%66

Effingham24 mi away

3%54

Bloomington74.2 mi away

2%49

Chicago177.6 mi away

2%39

Peoria102.3 mi away

2%31

Rose3.9 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%769

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

How far

How far Shelbyville commutes

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

37%

16%

17%

30%

37%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelbyville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelbyville are

2,629 jobs are based in Shelbyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shelbyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shelbyville

2,629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Shelbyville residents hold

1,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in Shelbyville, 2013 → 2023: 3,030 → 2,629. 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.