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Work & commute · La Harpe

Work & commute in La Harpe, IL

Most working residents leave La Harpe for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (15%), Carthage (7%) and Burlington (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
48 of 493 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 445 La Harpe residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Harpe.

445live here, work elsewhere
48live and work here
120work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Harpe goes to work

Good HopeStronghurstLa HarpeCarthageNauvooMacombGalesburgQuincyPeoriaSpringfieldFort MadisonBurlingtonPilot GroveDurhamFountain GreenLa HarpeMacombCarthageBurlingtonPeoriaFort MadisonQuincySpringfieldStronghurstGalesburgLa Harpe
1
Macomb17 mi away
15%75
2
La Harpe (in town)right here
10%48
3
Carthage14.4 mi away
7%36
4
Burlington, IA17.4 mi away
7%36
5
Peoria71.8 mi away
3%14
6
Fort Madison, IA19.9 mi away
3%13
7
Quincy49.9 mi away
2%12
8
Springfield88.9 mi away
2%12
9
Stronghurst11.6 mi away
2%9
10
Galesburg40 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%229

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

How far

How far La Harpe commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Harpe is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Harpe are

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

Jobs based in La Harpe

168 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs La Harpe residents hold

493 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−38%

Jobs based in La Harpe, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 168. 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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