Work & commute · Chalmers

Work & commute in Chalmers, IL

Most working residents leave Chalmers for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (47%), Colchester (5%) and Emmet (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 317 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Chalmers residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chalmers.

315live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chalmers goes to work

Macomb5 mi away

47%150

Colchester4 mi away

5%16

Emmet7.1 mi away

3%8

Quincy47.6 mi away

2%7

Peoria62.7 mi away

2%7

Monmouth35.5 mi away

2%5

Galesburg41.8 mi away

2%5

Chicago186.5 mi away

2%5

Carthage21.4 mi away

1%4

Macomb8.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%106

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

How far

How far Chalmers commutes

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

58%

10%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chalmers is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chalmers are

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

Jobs based in Chalmers

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Chalmers residents hold

317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−70%

Jobs based in Chalmers, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 55. 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.