Work & commute · Cherry Grove-Shannon

Work & commute in Cherry Grove-Shannon, IL

Most working residents leave Cherry Grove-Shannon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (13%), Lanark (9%) and Shannon (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

59 of 533 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 474 Cherry Grove-Shannon residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Grove-Shannon.

474live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Grove-Shannon goes to work

Freeport12.2 mi away

13%68

Lanark4.2 mi away

9%49

Shannon1.9 mi away

7%38

Chicago109.6 mi away

4%19

Mount Carroll10.8 mi away

3%18

Savanna18.9 mi away

3%18

Sterling24.4 mi away

3%17

Lake Carroll4.7 mi away

3%16

Silver Creek12.7 mi away

2%9

Milledgeville12.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%273

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

How far

How far Cherry Grove-Shannon commutes

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

27%

32%

10%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Grove-Shannon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Grove-Shannon are

458 jobs are based in Cherry Grove-Shannon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry Grove-Shannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherry Grove-Shannon

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cherry Grove-Shannon residents hold

533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Cherry Grove-Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 458. 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.