Work & commute · Abingdon

Work & commute in Abingdon, IL

Most working residents leave Abingdon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (27%), Peoria (10%) and Chicago (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

150 of 1,133 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 983 Abingdon residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abingdon.

983live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abingdon goes to work

Galesburg10.2 mi away

27%310

Abingdon (in town)right here

13%150

Peoria41.2 mi away

10%113

Chicago158 mi away

3%31

Monmouth14.8 mi away

2%28

Davenport, IA53.1 mi away

2%18

Moline47.1 mi away

2%17

Canton25.3 mi away

1%15

Bloomington78.4 mi away

1%12

Springfield80.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%429

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

How far

How far Abingdon commutes

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

30%

20%

19%

31%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abingdon is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Abingdon are

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

Jobs based in Abingdon

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Abingdon residents hold

1,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−19%

Jobs based in Abingdon, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 409. 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.