Work & commute · South Wheatland

Work & commute in South Wheatland, IL

Most working residents leave South Wheatland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (51%), Springfield (5%) and Chicago (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,579 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,562 South Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Wheatland.

1,562live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Wheatland goes to work

Decatur5.7 mi away

51%809

Springfield35.6 mi away

5%84

Chicago157.3 mi away

2%39

Mount Zion4.8 mi away

2%37

Macon5.1 mi away

2%30

Bloomington48.1 mi away

2%24

Peoria75.2 mi away

1%23

Mount Zion6.8 mi away

1%21

Mattoon38.7 mi away

1%15

Carbondale142.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%482

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

How far

How far South Wheatland commutes

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

62%

14%

20%

62%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Wheatland is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in South Wheatland

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs South Wheatland residents hold

1,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−71%

Jobs based in South Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 144. 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.