Work & commute · Virden

Work & commute in Virden, IL

Most working residents leave Virden for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (31%), Virden (9%) and Girard (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 1,506 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,370 Virden residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virden.

1,370live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virden goes to work

Springfield20.9 mi away

31%474

Virden1.2 mi away

9%133

Girard4 mi away

4%64

Auburn5.3 mi away

4%58

Carlinville16.8 mi away

2%37

Jacksonville30.1 mi away

2%29

St. Louis, MO65.3 mi away

2%23

Chatham12.4 mi away

1%22

Auburn4.6 mi away

1%18

Girard3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%631

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

How far

How far Virden commutes

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

21%

42%

10%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virden is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virden are

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

Jobs based in Virden

693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Virden residents hold

1,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−17%

Jobs based in Virden, 2013 → 2023: 839 → 693. 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.