Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, IL

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (46%), Auburn (10%) and Chatham (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

345 of 2,760 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,415 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 345 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

2,415live here, work elsewhere

345live and work here

718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Springfield16.6 mi away

46%1,258

Auburn1 mi away

10%266

Chatham8.2 mi away

2%68

Virden4.3 mi away

2%62

Auburn (in town)right here

2%61

Bloomington75.4 mi away

2%49

Chicago190.8 mi away

2%48

Peoria82.2 mi away

2%43

Jacksonville27.6 mi away

1%41

Decatur48.2 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%825

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

21%

51%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

1,063 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

2,760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 1,063. 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.