Work & commute · Sigel

Work & commute in Sigel, IL

Most working residents leave Sigel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (22%), Shelbyville (7%) and Mattoon (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 323 Sigel residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sigel.

323live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sigel goes to work

Effingham9.1 mi away

22%73

Shelbyville18.4 mi away

7%23

Mattoon17.9 mi away

6%21

Decatur47.2 mi away

4%13

Teutopolis8.6 mi away

4%12

Bloomington87.9 mi away

3%9

Neoga6.3 mi away

2%8

Chicago184 mi away

2%7

Springfield70.4 mi away

2%7

Big Spring4.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%151

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

How far

How far Sigel commutes

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

33%

27%

33%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sigel is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sigel are

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

Jobs based in Sigel

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Sigel residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Sigel, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 74. 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.