Work & commute · Tonti

Work & commute in Tonti, IL

Most working residents leave Tonti for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (21%), Centralia (9%) and Mount Vernon (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 417 Tonti residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonti.

417live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonti goes to work

Salem4.4 mi away

21%90

Centralia14.1 mi away

9%36

Mount Vernon26.1 mi away

4%16

Marion66 mi away

4%15

Patoka8.6 mi away

3%11

Patoka7.9 mi away

2%9

Vandalia21 mi away

2%9

Carlyle22.1 mi away

2%8

Brookside17.2 mi away

2%8

Sandoval9.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%213

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

How far

How far Tonti commutes

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

35%

24%

15%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonti is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonti are

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

Jobs based in Tonti

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tonti residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+74%

Jobs based in Tonti, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 75. 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.