Work & commute · Songer

Work & commute in Songer, IL

Most working residents leave Songer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Flora (26%), Salem (9%) and Olney (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 130 Songer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Songer.

130live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Songer goes to work

Flora10.1 mi away

26%34

Salem16.8 mi away

9%12

Olney31.1 mi away

5%6

Louisville9.9 mi away

4%5

Clay City16.7 mi away

2%3

Effingham30.4 mi away

2%3

Xenia3.7 mi away

2%2

Centralia27.6 mi away

2%2

Charleston60.8 mi away

2%2

Terre Haute, IN87.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%59

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

How far

How far Songer commutes

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

25%

27%

17%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Songer is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Songer are

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

Jobs based in Songer

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Songer residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+40%

Jobs based in Songer, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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.