Work & commute · Beardstown

Work & commute in Beardstown, IL

43% of Beardstown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Beardstown (42%), Mount Sterling (10%) and Springfield (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,404 of 3,294 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,890 Beardstown residents head out of town to work, 1,404 work right here, and 2,588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beardstown.

1,890live here, work elsewhere

1,404live and work here

2,588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beardstown goes to work

Beardstown0.5 mi away

42%1,376

Mount Sterling17.5 mi away

10%324

Springfield44.4 mi away

6%195

Jacksonville21.8 mi away

4%135

Chicago191.5 mi away

2%64

Rushville10.7 mi away

1%48

St. Louis, MO95 mi away

1%43

Arenzville9.1 mi away

1%30

Beardstown (in town)right here

1%28

Virginia12.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,024

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

How far

How far Beardstown commutes

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

45%

20%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beardstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beardstown are

3,992 jobs are based in Beardstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beardstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beardstown

3,992 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Beardstown residents hold

3,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−6%

Jobs based in Beardstown, 2013 → 2023: 4,259 → 3,992. 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.