Work & commute · Thompsonville

Work & commute in Thompsonville, IL

Most working residents leave Thompsonville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (15%), Mount Vernon (13%) and Marion (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 198 Thompsonville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompsonville.

198live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompsonville goes to work

Benton10.9 mi away

15%30

Mount Vernon29 mi away

13%26

Marion15.5 mi away

10%21

Springfield138.2 mi away

4%8

Eastern5.5 mi away

3%6

Thompsonville (in town)right here

2%5

Murphysboro32.5 mi away

2%4

Carbondale28.2 mi away

2%4

Benton8.2 mi away

2%4

Cave0.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%91

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

How far

How far Thompsonville commutes

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

13%

40%

23%

24%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompsonville is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompsonville are

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

Jobs based in Thompsonville

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Thompsonville residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−22%

Jobs based in Thompsonville, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 74. 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.