Work & commute · Harrisburg

Work & commute in Harrisburg, IL

About one in 4 of Harrisburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marion (10%), Eldorado (5%) and Carbondale (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

799 of 3,064 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,265 Harrisburg residents head out of town to work, 799 work right here, and 3,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisburg.

2,265live here, work elsewhere

799live and work here

3,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisburg goes to work

Harrisburg (in town)right here

26%799

Marion21.6 mi away

10%295

Eldorado7.7 mi away

5%150

Carbondale37.1 mi away

3%85

Mount Vernon44.7 mi away

2%66

Springfield153.7 mi away

2%61

Harrisburg0.5 mi away

2%50

Herrin26.8 mi away

2%48

Evansville, IN57.8 mi away

2%47

Chicago286.9 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,419

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

How far

How far Harrisburg commutes

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

38%

15%

20%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisburg are

4,198 jobs are based in Harrisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harrisburg

4,198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Harrisburg residents hold

3,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Harrisburg, 2013 → 2023: 4,417 → 4,198. 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.