Work & commute · Astoria

Work & commute in Astoria, IL

Most working residents leave Astoria for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (10%), Vermont (7%) and Peoria (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 373 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 338 Astoria residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Astoria.

338live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Astoria goes to work

Macomb24 mi away

10%38

Astoria (in town)right here

9%35

Vermont6.6 mi away

7%25

Peoria53.1 mi away

6%21

Beardstown15.5 mi away

5%19

Mount Sterling27.3 mi away

5%17

Rushville13.4 mi away

5%17

Vermont6 mi away

3%12

Havana16.4 mi away

3%10

Canton28.7 mi away

3%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%169

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

How far

How far Astoria commutes

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

25%

31%

14%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Astoria is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Astoria are

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

Jobs based in Astoria

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Astoria residents hold

373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−34%

Jobs based in Astoria, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 174. 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.