Work & commute · Lenox

Work & commute in Lenox, IL

Most working residents leave Lenox for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (23%), Monmouth (17%) and Peoria (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 94 Lenox residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenox.

94live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenox goes to work

Galesburg14.3 mi away

23%22

Monmouth4.8 mi away

17%16

Peoria52.6 mi away

10%10

Alexis15.2 mi away

5%5

Mount Pleasant, IA49.4 mi away

3%3

Hale8.6 mi away

3%3

Roseville8.5 mi away

2%2

Abingdon11.6 mi away

2%2

Quincy74.9 mi away

2%2

Lenox (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%29

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

How far

How far Lenox commutes

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

26%

34%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenox is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenox are

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

Jobs based in Lenox

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lenox residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+124%

Jobs based in Lenox, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 85. 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.