Work & commute · Gold

Work & commute in Gold, IL

Most working residents leave Gold for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (13%), Walnut (8%) and Sterling (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 62 Gold residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gold.

62live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gold goes to work

Princeton18.1 mi away

13%8

Walnut12.6 mi away

8%5

Sterling24.1 mi away

5%3

Walnut12.7 mi away

5%3

Wyanet13.4 mi away

5%3

Manlius6.6 mi away

3%2

Geneseo18.6 mi away

3%2

Peoria49.8 mi away

3%2

Ashton40.9 mi away

2%1

Toulon25.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%32

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

How far

How far Gold commutes

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

45%

23%

27%

5%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gold is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gold are

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

Jobs based in Gold

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs Gold residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+500%

Jobs based in Gold, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 18. 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.