Work & commute · Sumpter

Work & commute in Sumpter, IL

Most working residents leave Sumpter for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Effingham (11%), Mattoon (10%) and Greenup (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

130 of 926 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 796 Sumpter residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumpter.

796live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumpter goes to work

Effingham19.3 mi away

11%100

Mattoon15.1 mi away

10%91

Greenup5.4 mi away

10%90

Toledo0.6 mi away

9%84

Charleston14.9 mi away

9%80

Sumpter (in town)right here

5%46

Lafayette14 mi away

4%37

Teutopolis15.7 mi away

3%29

Champaign57.9 mi away

2%23

Mattoon16.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%328

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

How far

How far Sumpter commutes

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

26%

45%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumpter is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumpter are

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

Jobs based in Sumpter

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sumpter residents hold

926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Sumpter, 2013 → 2023: 797 → 764. 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.