Work & commute · Southern View

Work & commute in Southern View, IL

Most working residents leave Southern View for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (59%), Riverton (2%) and Decatur (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 677 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 673 Southern View residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southern View.

673live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southern View goes to work

Springfield2.5 mi away

59%401

Riverton8.8 mi away

2%15

Decatur38.7 mi away

2%15

Jacksonville30.9 mi away

2%14

Bloomington61.5 mi away

2%13

Springfield6.4 mi away

2%11

Woodside1.8 mi away

2%11

Chicago176.9 mi away

1%9

Peoria68.9 mi away

1%8

Jerome1.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%174

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

How far

How far Southern View commutes

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

70%

21%

70%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southern View is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southern View are

399 jobs are based in Southern View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southern View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southern View

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Southern View residents hold

677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−52%

Jobs based in Southern View, 2013 → 2023: 838 → 399. 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.