Work & commute · Lawrenceville

Work & commute in Lawrenceville, IL

Most working residents leave Lawrenceville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Vincennes (12%), Allison (6%) and Robinson (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

270 of 1,734 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,464 Lawrenceville residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrenceville.

1,464live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrenceville goes to work

Lawrenceville (in town)right here

16%270

Vincennes, IN10.2 mi away

12%216

Allison5.7 mi away

6%110

Robinson19.7 mi away

4%66

Lawrence0.6 mi away

4%64

Vincennes, IN9.5 mi away

3%55

Olney21.4 mi away

3%54

Christy9.3 mi away

2%36

Bridgeport4 mi away

2%29

Washington, IN28.8 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%806

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

How far

How far Lawrenceville commutes

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

40%

22%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrenceville is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrenceville are

1,201 jobs are based in Lawrenceville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrenceville

1,201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lawrenceville residents hold

1,734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−10%

Jobs based in Lawrenceville, 2013 → 2023: 1,340 → 1,201. 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.