Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, IL

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (18%), Rockford (10%) and Forreston (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 173 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

173live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Freeport15.5 mi away

18%32

Rockford29 mi away

10%18

Forreston4 mi away

6%11

Oregon12.6 mi away

4%7

Dixon16.3 mi away

4%7

Chicago98.1 mi away

4%7

Sterling19.8 mi away

3%5

DeKalb43.3 mi away

2%4

Rockvale11.9 mi away

2%4

Monroe, WI37 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%75

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

10%

47%

24%

19%

10%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+81%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 38. 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.