Work & commute · Elizabeth

Work & commute in Elizabeth, IL

Most working residents leave Elizabeth for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Galena (16%), The Galena Territory (7%) and Dubuque (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 302 Elizabeth residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabeth.

302live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabeth goes to work

Galena12.8 mi away

16%53

Elizabeth (in town)right here

8%27

The Galena Territory7.5 mi away

7%23

Dubuque, IA27.8 mi away

6%21

Elizabeth3.1 mi away

4%12

Savanna15.9 mi away

3%10

Derinda6.5 mi away

3%9

Freeport30.1 mi away

2%8

Woodbine3.3 mi away

2%7

Stockton11.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%153

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

How far

How far Elizabeth commutes

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

28%

15%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabeth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabeth are

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

Jobs based in Elizabeth

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Elizabeth residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−16%

Jobs based in Elizabeth, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 253. 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.