Work & commute · Bethel

Work & commute in Bethel, IL

Most working residents leave Bethel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (30%), Colchester (10%) and Quincy (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Bethel residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethel.

104live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethel goes to work

Macomb10.5 mi away

30%31

Colchester7.6 mi away

10%11

Quincy43.4 mi away

5%5

Galesburg47.2 mi away

3%3

Springfield68.4 mi away

3%3

Mount Sterling23.4 mi away

2%2

Farmington46.3 mi away

2%2

Bushnell19.8 mi away

2%2

Normal92.6 mi away

2%2

Schaumburg181.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%42

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

How far

How far Bethel commutes

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

27%

30%

15%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethel is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethel are

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

Jobs based in Bethel

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bethel residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+450%

Jobs based in Bethel, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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.