Work & commute · East Eldorado

Work & commute in East Eldorado, IL

About one in 4 of East Eldorado’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eldorado (20%), Harrisburg (14%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

504 of 2,192 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,688 East Eldorado residents head out of town to work, 504 work right here, and 1,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Eldorado.

1,688live here, work elsewhere

504live and work here

1,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Eldorado goes to work

Eldorado0.9 mi away

20%435

Harrisburg8.5 mi away

14%297

Marion28.6 mi away

6%131

East Eldorado (in town)right here

3%69

Mount Vernon43.4 mi away

3%66

Springfield151.2 mi away

2%47

Carbondale44 mi away

2%46

Evansville, IN50.1 mi away

2%42

Dahlgren28.6 mi away

1%32

Harrisburg8.6 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%995

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

How far

How far East Eldorado commutes

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

41%

25%

26%

41%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Eldorado is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Eldorado are

1,713 jobs are based in East Eldorado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Eldorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Eldorado

1,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs East Eldorado residents hold

2,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+18%

Jobs based in East Eldorado, 2013 → 2023: 1,449 → 1,713. 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.