Work & commute · Emden

Work & commute in Emden, IL

Most working residents leave Emden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (26%), Springfield (14%) and Prairie Creek (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 180 Emden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emden.

180live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emden goes to work

Lincoln11.9 mi away

26%47

Springfield36 mi away

14%26

Prairie Creek3.7 mi away

4%8

Orvil3.3 mi away

3%6

Emden (in town)right here

2%4

Bloomington29.8 mi away

2%4

Chicago141.8 mi away

2%4

West Lincoln9 mi away

2%4

Delavan5.3 mi away

2%4

Mason City13 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%74

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

How far

How far Emden commutes

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

15%

38%

20%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emden is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emden are

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

Jobs based in Emden

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Emden residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Emden, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 29. 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.