Work & commute · Stevenson

Work & commute in Stevenson, IL

Most working residents leave Stevenson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (24%), Centralia (7%) and Mount Vernon (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 466 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 460 Stevenson residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stevenson.

460live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stevenson goes to work

Salem5.5 mi away

24%112

Centralia15.1 mi away

7%34

Mount Vernon20.2 mi away

6%30

Kinmundy11.7 mi away

3%13

Springfield92.1 mi away

2%11

Flora21.4 mi away

2%10

Iuka4.2 mi away

2%9

Centralia13.3 mi away

2%8

Marion60.2 mi away

2%7

Farina16.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%226

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

How far

How far Stevenson commutes

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

33%

27%

12%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stevenson is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stevenson are

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

Jobs based in Stevenson

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Stevenson residents hold

466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Stevenson, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 78. 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.