Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, IL

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Havana (16%), Springfield (16%) and Mason City (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 239 Bath residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

239live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Havana10.1 mi away

16%39

Springfield35.4 mi away

16%39

Mason City22.3 mi away

3%7

Jacksonville30.1 mi away

3%7

Mount Sterling36.3 mi away

2%6

Canton28.5 mi away

2%6

Bath (in town)right here

2%6

Lewistown16.8 mi away

2%4

Macomb37 mi away

2%4

Kilbourne6.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%124

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

20%

15%

36%

29%

20%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

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

Jobs based in Bath

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bath residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+11%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 51. 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.