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Work & commute · Valley

Work & commute in Valley, IL

Most working residents leave Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Griggsville (17%), Mount Sterling (17%) and Jacksonville (17%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 6 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6 Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
81work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Valley goes to work

Valley CityConcordLibertyPerryBaylisGriggsvilleMount SterlingBeardstownPittsfieldJacksonvillePittsfieldBeardstownLibertyFlintKinderhookNewburgPerryGriggsvilleMount SterlingJacksonvillePittsfieldLibertyKinderhookValley
1
Griggsville4.2 mi away
17%1
2
Mount Sterling20.2 mi away
17%1
3
Jacksonville22.2 mi away
17%1
4
Pittsfield12.7 mi away
17%1
5
Liberty26.4 mi away
17%1
6
Kinderhook29.4 mi away
17%1

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

How far

How far Valley commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
33%25–50 mi
0%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Valley is a job hub

13.50jobs per working resident
A job hub

13.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley are

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

Jobs based in Valley

81 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Valley residents hold

6 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+3950%

Jobs based in Valley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 81. 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.

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