Work & commute · Witt

Work & commute in Witt, IL

Most working residents leave Witt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (16%), Litchfield (6%) and Nokomis (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 288 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 281 Witt residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Witt.

281live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Witt goes to work

Hillsboro8.6 mi away

16%45

Litchfield17.8 mi away

6%16

Nokomis4.7 mi away

5%15

Springfield40.3 mi away

5%15

Rountree5.2 mi away

3%10

Witt (in town)right here

2%7

Mattoon54.9 mi away

2%7

Effingham43.7 mi away

2%7

Pana16.9 mi away

2%6

Greenville25.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%154

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

How far

How far Witt commutes

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

25%

22%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Witt is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Witt are

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

Jobs based in Witt

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Witt residents hold

288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Witt, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 60. 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.