Work & commute · Tower Hill

Work & commute in Tower Hill, IL

Most working residents leave Tower Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (26%), Pana (6%) and Decatur (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 186 Tower Hill residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tower Hill.

186live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tower Hill goes to work

Shelbyville8.7 mi away

26%48

Pana7 mi away

6%11

Decatur32.4 mi away

6%11

Taylorville22.7 mi away

5%9

Springfield46 mi away

5%9

Mattoon32.5 mi away

4%7

Chicago182 mi away

3%6

Effingham28.6 mi away

3%5

Rose4.7 mi away

3%5

Assumption10.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%74

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

How far

How far Tower Hill commutes

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

39%

11%

27%

23%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tower Hill is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tower Hill are

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

Jobs based in Tower Hill

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Tower Hill residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−53%

Jobs based in Tower Hill, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 19. 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.