Work & commute · Atlanta

Work & commute in Atlanta, IL

Most working residents leave Atlanta for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (18%), Springfield (12%) and Atlanta (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 529 Atlanta residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlanta.

529live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlanta goes to work

Lincoln11 mi away

18%101

Springfield39.3 mi away

12%67

Atlanta1.3 mi away

7%38

Bloomington19.9 mi away

5%27

Decatur31 mi away

4%21

West Lincoln12.7 mi away

3%20

Allin13.1 mi away

3%19

Chicago135.3 mi away

3%15

Peoria40.6 mi away

2%14

Clinton14.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%239

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

How far

How far Atlanta commutes

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

16%

33%

25%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlanta is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlanta are

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

Jobs based in Atlanta

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Atlanta residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−24%

Jobs based in Atlanta, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 336. 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.