Work & commute · Jordan

Work & commute in Jordan, IL

Most working residents leave Jordan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling (28%), Sterling (9%) and Dixon (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 334 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 331 Jordan residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jordan.

331live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jordan goes to work

Sterling5.5 mi away

28%94

Sterling4.6 mi away

9%30

Dixon11.5 mi away

8%26

Rock Falls7.5 mi away

5%16

Morrison14.5 mi away

3%10

Hopkins8.2 mi away

3%10

Freeport28.4 mi away

2%6

Rock Island53.9 mi away

1%5

Dixon12.2 mi away

1%5

Chicago103.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%128

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

How far

How far Jordan commutes

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

52%

18%

10%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jordan is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jordan are

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

Jobs based in Jordan

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Jordan residents hold

334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+65%

Jobs based in Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 61. 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.