Work & commute · Tamms

Work & commute in Tamms, IL

Most working residents leave Tamms for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (23%), Anna (5%) and Marion (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Tamms residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tamms.

138live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tamms goes to work

Cape Girardeau, MO16.5 mi away

23%33

Anna15.3 mi away

5%7

Marion38.6 mi away

4%5

Mounds9.5 mi away

3%4

Carbondale33.3 mi away

3%4

Paducah, KY36.5 mi away

3%4

Tamms (in town)right here

2%3

Jonesboro14.5 mi away

2%3

Murphysboro36.5 mi away

2%3

Cairo17 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%72

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

How far

How far Tamms commutes

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

44%

19%

27%

9%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tamms is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tamms are

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

Jobs based in Tamms

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Tamms residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−60%

Jobs based in Tamms, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 38. 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.