Work & commute · Taylor Springs

Work & commute in Taylor Springs, IL

Most working residents leave Taylor Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (13%), Springfield (7%) and Greenville (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 206 Taylor Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylor Springs.

206live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylor Springs goes to work

Hillsboro3.2 mi away

13%27

Springfield46.2 mi away

7%15

Greenville17.9 mi away

5%11

Vandalia23.3 mi away

5%11

Litchfield9.6 mi away

4%9

Mattoon65.1 mi away

3%7

Chicago209.7 mi away

3%7

Nokomis16.2 mi away

2%4

Effingham50.6 mi away

2%4

Lafayette68.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%109

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

How far

How far Taylor Springs commutes

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

21%

18%

25%

36%

21%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylor Springs is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylor Springs are

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

Jobs based in Taylor Springs

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Taylor Springs residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Taylor Springs, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 82. 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.