Work & commute · Golden

Work & commute in Golden, IL

Most working residents leave Golden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (24%), Mount Sterling (13%) and Camp Point (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 301 Golden residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden.

301live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden goes to work

Quincy22.6 mi away

24%73

Mount Sterling16 mi away

13%39

Camp Point5.6 mi away

8%24

Springfield76.1 mi away

6%19

Camp Point5.4 mi away

5%15

Ellington17.5 mi away

3%10

Golden (in town)right here

2%6

Peoria86 mi away

2%6

Houston5.1 mi away

2%6

Mound Station10.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%104

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

How far

How far Golden commutes

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

23%

48%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden are

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

Jobs based in Golden

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Golden residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+6%

Jobs based in Golden, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 117. 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.