Work & commute · Hawthorne

Work & commute in Hawthorne, IL

Most working residents leave Hawthorne for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Carmi (22%), Evansville (7%) and Albion (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Hawthorne residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawthorne.

106live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawthorne goes to work

Carmi5.6 mi away

22%25

Evansville, IN29.9 mi away

7%8

Albion19.9 mi away

6%7

Grayville12.2 mi away

4%5

Patoka, IN31.7 mi away

4%5

Mount Carmel28 mi away

3%3

Springfield144.9 mi away

3%3

Black, IN12.5 mi away

3%3

Eldorado27.9 mi away

2%2

McLeansboro25.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%49

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

How far

How far Hawthorne commutes

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

26%

23%

27%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawthorne is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawthorne are

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

Jobs based in Hawthorne

330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hawthorne residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−56%

Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 757 → 330. 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.