Work & commute · South Macon

Work & commute in South Macon, IL

Most working residents leave South Macon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (42%), Macon (9%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

62 of 618 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 556 South Macon residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Macon.

556live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Macon goes to work

Decatur11.2 mi away

42%260

Macon1.4 mi away

9%53

Springfield36.2 mi away

4%24

Bloomington53.8 mi away

2%15

Assumption13 mi away

2%13

Mount Zion7.6 mi away

2%10

Chicago162.5 mi away

2%10

South Macon (in town)right here

1%9

Peoria80.3 mi away

1%8

Hickory Point15.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%208

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

How far

How far South Macon commutes

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

27%

41%

10%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Macon is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Macon are

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

Jobs based in South Macon

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs South Macon residents hold

618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+53%

Jobs based in South Macon, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 351. 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.