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Work & commute · Hickory

Work & commute in Hickory, IL

Most working residents leave Hickory for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rushville (21%), Mount Sterling (13%) and Beardstown (13%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
1 of 38 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37 Hickory residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory.

37live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hickory goes to work

BrowningMount SterlingRushvilleCarthageShermanBeardstownOak ForestBethaltoMacombJacksonvilleQuincyChampaignSpringfieldFront RoyalWoodlandRushvilleBainbridgeFrederickHickoryBrowningWoodstockKertonLynchburgBathRushvilleMount SterlingBeardstownSpringfieldCarthageOak ForestBethaltoJacksonvilleQuincyChampaignHickory
1
Rushville16 mi away
21%8
2
Mount Sterling29 mi away
13%5
3
Beardstown13.9 mi away
13%5
4
Springfield42.2 mi away
13%5
5
Carthage48.2 mi away
3%1
6
Oak Forest164.7 mi away
3%1
7
Bethalto88.4 mi away
3%1
8
Jacksonville30.5 mi away
3%1
9
Quincy60.9 mi away
3%1
10
Champaign105.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%9

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

How far

How far Hickory commutes

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

3%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
34%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory are

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

Jobs based in Hickory

16 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)63%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Hickory residents hold

38 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+167%

Jobs based in Hickory, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 16. 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.

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