Work & commute · Bear Grove

Work & commute in Bear Grove, IL

Most working residents leave Bear Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Vandalia (17%), Greenville (4%) and Effingham (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 248 Bear Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Grove.

248live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bear Grove goes to work

Vandalia5.1 mi away

17%43

Greenville11.2 mi away

4%11

Effingham36.8 mi away

4%11

Ramsey13.8 mi away

4%9

Springfield62 mi away

4%9

Vandalia6.7 mi away

3%8

Hillsboro20.7 mi away

3%7

St. Elmo19.4 mi away

2%6

Shelbyville37.9 mi away

2%6

Assumption39.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%135

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

How far

How far Bear Grove commutes

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

27%

18%

25%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Grove 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 Grove are

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

Jobs based in Bear Grove

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Bear Grove residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+80%

Jobs based in Bear Grove, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 27. 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.