Work & commute · South Litchfield

Work & commute in South Litchfield, IL

Most working residents leave South Litchfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (27%), Hillsboro (6%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,161 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,067 South Litchfield residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Litchfield.

1,067live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Litchfield goes to work

Litchfield3.4 mi away

27%314

Hillsboro9.7 mi away

6%75

Springfield45.7 mi away

6%65

Carlinville16.1 mi away

3%35

Edwardsville29.8 mi away

3%30

South Litchfield (in town)right here

2%22

Mattoon72.6 mi away

2%18

Effingham58.6 mi away

2%18

Chicago213.5 mi away

1%17

O'Fallon39.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%553

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

How far

How far South Litchfield commutes

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

39%

11%

24%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Litchfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Litchfield are

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

Jobs based in South Litchfield

894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs South Litchfield residents hold

1,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−26%

Jobs based in South Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,207 → 894. 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.