Work & commute · Biggsville

Work & commute in Biggsville, IL

Most working residents leave Biggsville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (18%), West Burlington (10%) and Monmouth (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 191 Biggsville residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Biggsville.

191live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Biggsville goes to work

Burlington, IA14.6 mi away

18%36

West Burlington, IA17.1 mi away

10%19

Monmouth11.7 mi away

8%16

Peoria64.8 mi away

5%9

Biggsville (in town)right here

5%9

Galesburg25.7 mi away

4%7

Oquawka8 mi away

3%6

Gladstone5.7 mi away

3%5

Chicago177.8 mi away

3%5

Springfield96.9 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%83

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

How far

How far Biggsville commutes

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

17%

42%

11%

30%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Biggsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Biggsville are

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

Jobs based in Biggsville

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Biggsville residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+108%

Jobs based in Biggsville, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 208. 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.