Work & commute · Ste. Marie

Work & commute in Ste. Marie, IL

Most working residents leave Ste. Marie for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (14%), Effingham (12%) and Robinson (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 230 Ste. Marie residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ste. Marie.

230live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ste. Marie goes to work

Newton10.7 mi away

14%32

Effingham33.3 mi away

12%29

Robinson16.1 mi away

7%17

Olney12.8 mi away

4%9

Mattoon44.3 mi away

4%9

Fox5.7 mi away

3%7

Oblong8.5 mi away

3%6

Wade12.2 mi away

3%6

Teutopolis30.3 mi away

2%5

Watson29.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%111

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

How far

How far Ste. Marie commutes

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

20%

25%

31%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ste. Marie is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ste. Marie are

97 jobs are based in Ste. Marie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ste. Marie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ste. Marie

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Ste. Marie residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+185%

Jobs based in Ste. Marie, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 97. 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.