Work & commute · Bureau

Work & commute in Bureau, IL

Most working residents leave Bureau for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (20%), Sterling (7%) and Walnut (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 112 Bureau residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bureau.

112live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bureau goes to work

Princeton7.4 mi away

20%22

Sterling24.9 mi away

7%8

Walnut7.3 mi away

4%4

Ottawa39.2 mi away

4%4

Dixon27.4 mi away

3%3

Peru23.3 mi away

3%3

Walnut6.3 mi away

3%3

Manlius5.2 mi away

2%2

Monmouth67.1 mi away

2%2

Spring Valley21.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%59

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

How far

How far Bureau commutes

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

32%

17%

20%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bureau is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bureau are

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

Jobs based in Bureau

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bureau residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+73%

Jobs based in Bureau, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 26. 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.