Work & commute · Tovey

Work & commute in Tovey, IL

Most working residents leave Tovey for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (27%), Taylorville (14%) and Decatur (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 225 Tovey residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tovey.

225live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tovey goes to work

Springfield17.5 mi away

27%62

Taylorville7.2 mi away

14%32

Decatur33 mi away

7%16

Kincaid1.7 mi away

3%7

Bloomington66.3 mi away

3%6

Chicago180.7 mi away

3%6

Taylorville7.1 mi away

2%5

Rochester11.5 mi away

2%4

Mattoon58.4 mi away

2%4

Pana23.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%81

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

How far

How far Tovey commutes

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

23%

35%

13%

29%

23%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tovey is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tovey are

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

Jobs based in Tovey

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less78%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Tovey residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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.