Work & commute · Beardstown

Work & commute in Beardstown, IL

42% of Beardstown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mount Sterling (10%), Springfield (5%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,242 of 2,933 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 1,691 Beardstown residents head out of town to work, 1,242 work right here, and 2,652 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beardstown.

1,691live here, work elsewhere

1,242live and work here

2,652work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beardstown goes to work

Beardstown (in town)right here

42%1,242

Mount Sterling17.7 mi away

10%299

Springfield44.3 mi away

5%157

Jacksonville22.1 mi away

4%126

Chicago191 mi away

2%57

Rushville10.4 mi away

2%46

St. Louis, MO95.5 mi away

1%35

Beardstown0.5 mi away

1%24

Arenzville9.5 mi away

1%23

Virginia12.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%903

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

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beardstown are

3,894 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

3,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Beardstown residents hold

2,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+151%

Jobs based in Beardstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,550 → 3,894. 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.