Work & commute · Erin

Work & commute in Erin, IL

Most working residents leave Erin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (19%), Pearl City (7%) and Kent (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 176 Erin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erin.

176live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erin goes to work

Freeport7.9 mi away

19%34

Pearl City5 mi away

7%12

Kent4.4 mi away

6%10

Lena4.1 mi away

5%9

Chicago112.6 mi away

4%7

Monroe, WI20.3 mi away

3%6

Stockton11.5 mi away

3%5

Sterling36.8 mi away

2%4

Rockford36.9 mi away

2%4

Ridott15.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%83

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

How far

How far Erin commutes

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

41%

23%

11%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Erin are

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

Jobs based in Erin

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Erin residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+67%

Jobs based in Erin, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 197. 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.