Work & commute · Taylorville

Work & commute in Taylorville, IL

About one in 4 of Taylorville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Springfield (18%), Decatur (5%) and Bloomington (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,159 of 4,336 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 3,177 Taylorville residents head out of town to work, 1,159 work right here, and 2,555 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylorville.

3,177live here, work elsewhere

1,159live and work here

2,555work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylorville goes to work

Taylorville (in town)right here

27%1,159

Springfield23.4 mi away

18%792

Decatur28.7 mi away

5%230

Bloomington65.7 mi away

3%123

Assumption14.7 mi away

3%114

Chicago178.9 mi away

3%110

Taylorville0.4 mi away

2%91

Pana16.8 mi away

2%88

Peoria83.6 mi away

1%62

Normal68.3 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,510

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

How far

How far Taylorville commutes

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

31%

15%

25%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylorville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylorville are

3,714 jobs are based in Taylorville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylorville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taylorville

3,714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Taylorville residents hold

4,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−23%

Jobs based in Taylorville, 2013 → 2023: 4,811 → 3,714. 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.