Work & commute · Fairhaven

Work & commute in Fairhaven, IL

Most working residents leave Fairhaven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (10%), Sterling (6%) and Freeport (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 315 Fairhaven residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairhaven.

315live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairhaven goes to work

Sterling16.8 mi away

10%32

Sterling16.3 mi away

6%19

Freeport26.1 mi away

5%18

Clinton, IA19.1 mi away

5%17

Chadwick3 mi away

5%16

Milledgeville7.5 mi away

4%14

Savanna13.9 mi away

4%14

Dixon24.5 mi away

3%9

Lanark9.7 mi away

2%6

Rock Falls18.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%180

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

How far

How far Fairhaven commutes

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

17%

48%

16%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairhaven is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairhaven are

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

Jobs based in Fairhaven

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fairhaven residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−51%

Jobs based in Fairhaven, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 152. 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.