Work & commute · Stewardson

Work & commute in Stewardson, IL

Most working residents leave Stewardson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (15%), Springfield (6%) and Shelbyville (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 319 Stewardson residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stewardson.

319live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stewardson goes to work

Effingham10.8 mi away

15%50

Springfield65.2 mi away

6%18

Shelbyville13.6 mi away

5%16

Teutopolis12.2 mi away

5%15

Mattoon20.6 mi away

4%14

Lafayette23.3 mi away

4%12

Chicago184.6 mi away

3%11

Neoga10.4 mi away

2%7

Holland6.5 mi away

2%7

Decatur44 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%168

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

How far

How far Stewardson commutes

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

13%

40%

10%

37%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stewardson is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stewardson are

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

Jobs based in Stewardson

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Stewardson residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Stewardson, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 115. 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.