Work & commute · Talkington

Work & commute in Talkington, IL

Most working residents leave Talkington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (48%), Carbondale (4%) and Champaign (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 70 Talkington residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talkington.

70live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talkington goes to work

Springfield19.6 mi away

48%34

Carbondale132.2 mi away

4%3

Champaign92.8 mi away

3%2

Bloomington78.9 mi away

3%2

Springfield22.5 mi away

3%2

Gardner19.7 mi away

3%2

Murrayville20.3 mi away

1%1

Jerome17.3 mi away

1%1

Berlin13.2 mi away

1%1

Loami7.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%22

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

How far

How far Talkington commutes

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

59%

30%

4%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talkington is a job hub

5.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Talkington are

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

Jobs based in Talkington

425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Talkington residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+195%

Jobs based in Talkington, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 425. 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.