Work & commute · Wade

Work & commute in Wade, IL

About one in 5 of Wade’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Newton (20%), Effingham (14%) and Greenup (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

396 of 1,840 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,444 Wade residents head out of town to work, 396 work right here, and 933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wade.

1,444live here, work elsewhere

396live and work here

933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wade goes to work

Newton1.6 mi away

20%372

Effingham21.3 mi away

14%253

Greenup16.8 mi away

4%73

Robinson24.1 mi away

4%72

Olney19.9 mi away

3%63

Teutopolis18.2 mi away

3%56

Mattoon34 mi away

2%41

Dieterich11.3 mi away

1%27

Chicago197.4 mi away

1%27

Springfield95.1 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%832

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

How far

How far Wade commutes

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

26%

36%

14%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wade is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wade are

1,329 jobs are based in Wade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wade

1,329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Wade residents hold

1,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−2%

Jobs based in Wade, 2013 → 2023: 1,352 → 1,329. 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.