Work & commute · Eldorado

Work & commute in Eldorado, IL

About one in 5 of Eldorado’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (13%), Marion (6%) and Mount Vernon (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

302 of 1,452 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,150 Eldorado residents head out of town to work, 302 work right here, and 1,242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldorado.

1,150live here, work elsewhere

302live and work here

1,242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eldorado goes to work

Eldorado (in town)right here

21%302

Harrisburg7.7 mi away

13%187

Marion27.8 mi away

6%88

Mount Vernon43.3 mi away

4%54

East Eldorado0.9 mi away

3%44

Springfield151.3 mi away

2%34

Evansville, IN50.9 mi away

2%28

Carbondale43.2 mi away

2%26

Dahlgren28.7 mi away

2%24

Carmi24 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%645

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

How far

How far Eldorado commutes

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

41%

24%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eldorado is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldorado are

1,544 jobs are based in Eldorado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eldorado

1,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Eldorado residents hold

1,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+22%

Jobs based in Eldorado, 2013 → 2023: 1,270 → 1,544. 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.