Work & commute · Lanark

Work & commute in Lanark, IL

Most working residents leave Lanark for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (17%), Shannon (8%) and Mount Carroll (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 520 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 476 Lanark residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lanark.

476live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lanark goes to work

Freeport16.5 mi away

17%86

Lanark (in town)right here

8%44

Shannon5.9 mi away

8%40

Mount Carroll7.4 mi away

4%20

Savanna15.7 mi away

4%19

Lake Carroll5 mi away

3%17

Sterling22 mi away

3%16

Chicago111.9 mi away

3%13

Florence12.1 mi away

2%8

Lancaster21.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%250

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

How far

How far Lanark commutes

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

27%

40%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lanark is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lanark are

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

Jobs based in Lanark

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lanark residents hold

520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Lanark, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 354. 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.