Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, IL

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (8%), Springfield (6%) and Carrollton (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

70 of 477 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 407 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

407live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Greenfield (in town)right here

15%70

Jacksonville26.6 mi away

8%40

Springfield43 mi away

6%30

Carrollton11.2 mi away

6%29

Jerseyville16.9 mi away

5%24

Alton30.6 mi away

3%14

Rockbridge3.7 mi away

2%10

East Alton32.2 mi away

2%9

Mount Sterling53.3 mi away

1%7

Chicago217.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%237

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

21%

20%

37%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

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

Jobs based in Greenfield

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 338. 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.