Work & commute · South Jacksonville

Work & commute in South Jacksonville, IL

Most working residents leave South Jacksonville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (38%), Springfield (17%) and Mount Sterling (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,489 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,439 South Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Jacksonville.

1,439live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville2.1 mi away

38%570

Springfield31.4 mi away

17%254

South Jacksonville (in town)right here

3%50

Mount Sterling34.8 mi away

3%43

St. Louis, MO73.5 mi away

2%28

Beardstown24.1 mi away

1%20

Chicago198.6 mi away

1%16

Peoria79.4 mi away

1%11

O'Fallon, MO69 mi away

1%10

Belleville82.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%478

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

How far

How far South Jacksonville commutes

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

44%

26%

44%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Jacksonville is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Jacksonville are

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

Jobs based in South Jacksonville

580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs South Jacksonville residents hold

1,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−44%

Jobs based in South Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,031 → 580. 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.