Work & commute · Wapella

Work & commute in Wapella, IL

Most working residents leave Wapella for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (21%), Decatur (10%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 174 Wapella residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wapella.

174live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wapella goes to work

Clinton5.2 mi away

21%38

Decatur25.3 mi away

10%17

Springfield46.8 mi away

6%11

Champaign37 mi away

5%8

Peoria50.3 mi away

3%6

Chicago129.9 mi away

3%5

Normal20.7 mi away

2%4

Bloomington17.6 mi away

2%4

Clintonia2.9 mi away

2%4

Wapella (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%77

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

How far

How far Wapella commutes

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

29%

17%

26%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wapella is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wapella are

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

Jobs based in Wapella

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Wapella residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+45%

Jobs based in Wapella, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 144. 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.