Work & commute · Bear Creek

Work & commute in Bear Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Bear Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (9%), Quincy (8%) and Augusta (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 128 Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Creek.

128live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bear Creek goes to work

Macomb28.9 mi away

9%12

Quincy28.8 mi away

8%10

Augusta14.7 mi away

7%9

Mount Sterling32.9 mi away

6%8

Bowen9.7 mi away

5%7

Carthage7.1 mi away

5%7

Carthage8.4 mi away

5%6

Keokuk, IA12.1 mi away

3%4

Rock Creek12.3 mi away

3%4

Ellington23.8 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%57

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

How far

How far Bear Creek commutes

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

11%

30%

31%

28%

11%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Creek is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Creek are

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

Jobs based in Bear Creek

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Bear Creek residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−48%

Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 11. 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.