Work & commute · Stonington

Work & commute in Stonington, IL

Most working residents leave Stonington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Taylorville (18%), Springfield (17%) and Decatur (14%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 424 Stonington residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stonington.

424live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stonington goes to work

Taylorville8.5 mi away

18%77

Springfield26.3 mi away

17%72

Decatur20.3 mi away

14%62

Moweaqua9.1 mi away

3%13

Assumption11.3 mi away

3%11

Stonington1.2 mi away

2%9

Bloomington59 mi away

2%8

Stonington (in town)right here

1%6

Effingham49.5 mi away

1%6

Chicago171.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%160

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

How far

How far Stonington commutes

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

27%

26%

24%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stonington is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stonington are

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

Jobs based in Stonington

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Stonington residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+13%

Jobs based in Stonington, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 170. 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.