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Work & commute · Wamac

Work & commute in Wamac, IL

Most working residents leave Wamac for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Centralia (22%), Centralia (5%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 337 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 335 Wamac residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wamac.

335live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
144work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wamac goes to work

Central CitySandovalWamacBreeseNashvilleCarlyleSalemCentraliaMount VernonSpringfieldSt. LouisGrand PrairieRaccoonIrvingtonCentraliaBrooksideCentraliaCentraliaSalemMount VernonNashvilleCarlyleSpringfieldSt. LouisBrooksideBreeseWamac
1
Centralia2.5 mi away
22%73
2
Centralia3.9 mi away
5%18
3
Salem13.9 mi away
4%15
4
Mount Vernon17.5 mi away
4%15
5
Nashville16.6 mi away
3%11
6
Carlyle15.3 mi away
3%9
7
Springfield93.7 mi away
2%7
8
St. Louis, MO60.1 mi away
2%7
9
Brookside4.9 mi away
2%7
10
Breese22 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%169

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

How far

How far Wamac commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wamac is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wamac are

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

Jobs based in Wamac

146 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wamac residents hold

337 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−23%

Jobs based in Wamac, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 146. 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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