Work & commute · South Muddy

Work & commute in South Muddy, IL

Most working residents leave South Muddy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (16%), Effingham (15%) and Olney (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 139 South Muddy residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Muddy.

139live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Muddy goes to work

Newton9.2 mi away

16%23

Effingham19.3 mi away

15%22

Olney17.6 mi away

7%10

Robinson31.5 mi away

4%5

Dieterich10.8 mi away

3%4

Ste. Marie15.1 mi away

2%3

Ste. Marie16.6 mi away

2%3

Olney18.4 mi away

2%3

South Muddy (in town)right here

2%3

Wade9.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%63

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

How far

How far South Muddy commutes

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

49%

17%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Muddy is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Muddy are

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

Jobs based in South Muddy

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs South Muddy residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−57%

Jobs based in South Muddy, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 85. 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.