Work & commute · Tallula

Work & commute in Tallula, IL

Most working residents leave Tallula for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (35%), Petersburg (12%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Tallula residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tallula.

163live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tallula goes to work

Springfield18.8 mi away

35%58

Petersburg6.8 mi away

12%19

Chicago175.8 mi away

3%5

Pleasant Plains5 mi away

2%3

Athens11.4 mi away

2%3

Lincoln33.1 mi away

2%3

Jacksonville21.7 mi away

2%3

Champaign88.7 mi away

2%3

Bloomington62.8 mi away

2%3

Peoria58.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%62

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

How far

How far Tallula commutes

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

20%

49%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tallula is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tallula are

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

Jobs based in Tallula

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month62%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Tallula residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Tallula, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 13. 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.