Work & commute · Carthage

Work & commute in Carthage, IL

About one in 3 of Carthage’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carthage (29%), Macomb (6%) and Keokuk (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

437 of 1,383 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 946 Carthage residents head out of town to work, 437 work right here, and 1,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carthage.

946live here, work elsewhere

437live and work here

1,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carthage goes to work

Carthage2.1 mi away

29%403

Macomb21.7 mi away

6%79

Keokuk, IA16.5 mi away

3%42

Galesburg52.6 mi away

3%39

Quincy36.5 mi away

3%37

Rozetta38.6 mi away

3%35

Fort Madison, IA19.7 mi away

2%34

Carthage (in town)right here

2%34

Ellington31.3 mi away

2%30

Peoria80.7 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%622

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

How far

How far Carthage commutes

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

35%

19%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carthage is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carthage are

1,688 jobs are based in Carthage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carthage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carthage

1,688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Carthage residents hold

1,383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+67%

Jobs based in Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 1,688. 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.