Work & commute · Smithboro

Work & commute in Smithboro, IL

Most working residents leave Smithboro for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (26%), Effingham (7%) and Highland (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 58 Smithboro residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithboro.

58live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithboro goes to work

Greenville2.7 mi away

26%15

Effingham45.2 mi away

7%4

Highland20.5 mi away

5%3

Vandalia13.5 mi away

5%3

Springfield64 mi away

5%3

Mulberry Grove4.7 mi away

3%2

Chicago221.2 mi away

3%2

Hoffman24.8 mi away

2%1

Alhambra21.4 mi away

2%1

St. Elmo27.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%23

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

How far

How far Smithboro commutes

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

29%

17%

29%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithboro is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithboro are

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

Jobs based in Smithboro

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Smithboro residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Smithboro, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 15. 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.