Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, IL

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (35%), Ellington (8%) and Mount Sterling (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 655 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

655live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Quincy15.6 mi away

35%247

Ellington14.1 mi away

8%58

Liberty (in town)right here

6%45

Mount Sterling18.8 mi away

6%40

Springfield77 mi away

5%37

Melrose13.3 mi away

2%15

Pittsfield24.5 mi away

1%10

Camp Point12.3 mi away

1%10

Jacksonville46.8 mi away

1%9

Hannibal, MO20.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%225

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

How far

How far Liberty commutes

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

12%

60%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty 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 Liberty are

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

Jobs based in Liberty

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 243. 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.