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Work & commute · Bear Creek

Work & commute in Bear Creek, IL

Most working residents leave Bear Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (21%), Taylorville (18%) and Decatur (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 217 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 215 Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Creek.

215live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bear Creek goes to work

AssumptionMorrisonvilleCarrolltonTiltonPanaFloraWood DaleHillsboroPontiacTaylorvilleNormalDecaturBloomingtonChicagoSpringfieldMayBear CreekRicksJohnsonKingSpringfieldTaylorvilleDecaturAssumptionBloomingtonMorrisonvillePanaNormalHillsboroChicagoBear Creek
1
Springfield24.5 mi away
21%45
2
Taylorville7.3 mi away
18%40
3
Decatur36.1 mi away
7%15
4
Assumption19.5 mi away
5%10
5
Bloomington72.3 mi away
4%8
6
Morrisonville5.1 mi away
3%6
7
Pana18.2 mi away
2%5
8
Normal74.9 mi away
2%5
9
Hillsboro21.7 mi away
2%4
10
Chicago186 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%75

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.

21%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Creek is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Creek are

23 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

23 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities91%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less52%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Bear Creek residents hold

217 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+188%

Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 23. 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.

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