Work & commute · Xenia

Work & commute in Xenia, IL

Most working residents leave Xenia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Flora (29%), Salem (7%) and Fairfield (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Xenia residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Xenia.

148live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Xenia goes to work

Flora9 mi away

29%44

Salem17.4 mi away

7%11

Fairfield22.8 mi away

7%10

Louisville11.5 mi away

5%8

Clay City15.9 mi away

5%7

Xenia (in town)right here

3%5

Mount Vernon27 mi away

3%4

Olney30.5 mi away

2%3

Urbana104.4 mi away

2%3

Effingham33.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%55

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

How far

How far Xenia commutes

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

28%

32%

18%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Xenia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Xenia are

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

Jobs based in Xenia

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Xenia residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−58%

Jobs based in Xenia, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 145. 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.