Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, IL

41% of Jacksonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Beardstown (3%) and Mount Sterling (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

2,941 of 7,243 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 4,302 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 2,941 work right here, and 7,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

4,302live here, work elsewhere

2,941live and work here

7,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville (in town)right here

41%2,941

Springfield31.5 mi away

14%1,033

Beardstown22.1 mi away

3%223

Mount Sterling33.3 mi away

2%157

Chicago197.4 mi away

2%135

South Jacksonville2.1 mi away

2%118

St. Louis, MO75.6 mi away

1%67

Decatur69.5 mi away

1%47

Fairview Heights79.3 mi away

1%45

Quincy62.5 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,434

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

45%

20%

29%

45%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.50jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

10,862 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

10,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

7,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 10,714 → 10,862. 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.