Work & commute · Cedar

Work & commute in Cedar, IL

Most working residents leave Cedar for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (27%), Abingdon (11%) and Peoria (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 1,118 Cedar residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar.

1,118live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar goes to work

Galesburg7.7 mi away

27%324

Abingdon2.7 mi away

11%131

Peoria40.3 mi away

10%117

Chicago155.8 mi away

3%30

Knoxville6.7 mi away

2%23

Monmouth14.8 mi away

2%23

Canton26.1 mi away

2%22

Davenport, IA51 mi away

2%21

Moline44.8 mi away

1%17

Springfield82.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%475

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

How far

How far Cedar commutes

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

36%

13%

20%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar 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 Cedar are

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

Jobs based in Cedar

278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cedar residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−26%

Jobs based in Cedar, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 278. 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.