Work & commute · St. Francis

Work & commute in St. Francis, IL

Most working residents leave St. Francis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (34%), Teutopolis (19%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 596 St. Francis residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Francis.

596live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Francis goes to work

Effingham7.4 mi away

34%207

Teutopolis3.5 mi away

19%112

Springfield80 mi away

4%22

Douglas6.9 mi away

2%12

Dieterich5.1 mi away

2%10

Chicago190.9 mi away

1%8

Watson8.2 mi away

1%8

Shelbyville28.3 mi away

1%6

Mount Vernon62.6 mi away

1%6

Decatur57.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%207

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

How far

How far St. Francis commutes

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

57%

28%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Francis is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Francis are

215 jobs are based in St. Francis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Francis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Francis

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs St. Francis residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−11%

Jobs based in St. Francis, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 215. 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.