Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, IL

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Quincy (34%), Ellington (8%) and Mount Sterling (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 271 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 269 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

269live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Quincy14.9 mi away

34%93

Ellington13.5 mi away

8%22

Mount Sterling19.5 mi away

6%17

Liberty0.8 mi away

6%17

Springfield77.8 mi away

6%15

Melrose12.5 mi away

2%6

Jacksonville47.6 mi away

2%5

Pittsfield24.9 mi away

1%4

Camp Point12.5 mi away

1%4

Columbus7.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%84

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.

11%

61%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

42 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

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−38%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 42. 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.